Oil painting from the Fine Art collection. "Sake Deen Mahomed" by Thomas Mann Baynes, showing a portrait of Mahomed seated in a green armchair. c.1810.
This portrait is of Sake Deen Mohamed who was born in India but came to Brighton in 1786. He became famous for his massage and herbal baths and was also 'Shampooing Surgeon' to the Prince Regent later King George IV. In this picture we see him seated in a green armchair wearing a black frock coat with a white cravat, In his hand he is holding a pair of white gloves. He has a gold chains around his neck and rings on the little fingers of each hand.
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