Nowrojee Jamsetjee Wadia, Parsi master shipbuilder RAS 01.007

Nourojee Jamsetjee Wadia (1774-1860), son of Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia (1756-1821) , Parsi master shipbuilders.
Ca. 1830. By an unidentified artist, J. Dorman (?), possibly a relation of J.J. Dorman who exhibited two oil paintings at the Royal Academy in 1855 and 1857.
Oil on canvas. Presented by Sir Charles Forbes, 2 July 1836.
measures 42 x 36 cm.
RAS 01.007
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain

In the portrait he holds plans of HMS Asia; and wears an embroidered pashmina shawl, it was customary for ship-builders to be given shawls by the representatives of the East India Company at the launching of a new ship. He was of the famous Lowjee family of Parsi shipbuilders active in Bombay from the early 19th century.