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Henry Jnr is said to have been an accomplished watercolour artist—his paintings of the Canadian wilderness are housed in the British Columbia Provincial Archives in Victoria—and it appears that artistic talent ran in the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe easy privilege of Etta's early years was brought to an abrupt end in the early 1860s when the family faced bankruptcy, after a fire destroyed the warehouse on her father's West Indian plantation and with it his fortune. Not long later, Etta's father died, leaving her mother, Williamina, to raise seven children. In response Williamina took her young family to Germany where the cost of living was cheaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle is known about the intervening years, but Etta's brother William Ogle Bell-Irving went out to India in 1874, and found success there are as a partner of the mercantile firm of Jardine, Skinner \u0026amp; Co, Calcutta and as President of the Bank of Bengal. Etta possibly followed William to India, and by 1887 we find her marrying Major Edward Alexander Fraser at St Paul's Church in Matheran. It appears that Edward was born in India, and rose through the ranks in the British Indian army to Lieutenant-Colonel in the Madras Staff Corps. He also held a position in the Political Department of the Government of India. Edward Fraser. Whilst it is unclear which prominent Fraser family in India Edward was associated with, he was quite clearly a descendent of the numerous sons of Scottish landowning families who went to India in order to make their fortune in the service of the East India Company.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"etta-fraser-oxen-at-sikar-rajasthan-india-original-1893-watercolour-painting-jw-401","title":"Etta Fraser, Oxen at Sikar, Rajasthan, India – 1893 watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1893 watercolour painting, Etta Fraser, Oxen at Sikar, Rajasthan, India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA delicate watercolour documenting life in India in the late 19th century by Scottish artist Etta Fraser (née Bell-Irving). 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