A LOVESICK LADY Bundi, Northern India, ca. 1775 Pen, ink and white wash on paper, the vertical composition with the traditional Indian theme of the lovesick lady waiting for her beloved to come back, in the centre a reclining young lady soothed by punka wala, sitar player, masseuse, pets, and sage, lying on a canopied bed burning with desire, on a cream-coloured mount, 22.2cm x 16.1cm. Provenance: from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Sotheby's London, 31 May 2011, lot 31.