3614150 A Syce (groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses, c.1845 (opaque w/c on paper) by Shaik Muhammad Amir of Karraya (fl.1830-50); 30.5x50.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Commissioned by the Chief Justice of Bengal, Sir Elijah Impey, and his wife, Lady Mary in Calcutta, India Many East India Company officers commissioned paintings as a visual record of their households, including animals, possessions, and servants.).