Jivan Ram   Portrait of George William Bacon Opaque watercolour on ivory 7" x 5 1/4" Inscribed on reverse: "Work of Jivan Ram, 22 June 1820, Shahjahanbad. William Bacon"   Click here for reverse of painting   Click here for the artist, Jivan Ram   George William Bacon: born 1 Dec 1801 Jan 1818 nominated for east india co service 8 June 1818 request to go to India received 1819-20 trained as a writer in Bengal Presidency 30 April 1820 commenced working as a writer 17 April 1823 appointed assistant to Secretary to Board of Revenue, Western Provinces, and Officiating Assistant to B of R in Lower Provinces 1 April 1824 assistant to Superintendent of Police at Benares and Bareilly 1826 Officiating judge and magistrate at Meerut 29 March 1827 Magistrate at Kanpur 24 March 1829 Principal assistant in Western Division of Delhi Territory 6 March 1832 Magistrate and Collector of Southern Division of Delhi Territory 8 Feb 1836 Civil and Session Judge of Seharunpore