"Horseman Waiting At The Gateway" by Edwin Lord Weeks is a famous painting depicting a horseman waiting at the gate ready to depart and waiting for orders from his superiors. Edwin Lord Weeks is one of the most celebrated of the American Orientalists. Most of his paintings render empathy and belonging than a patronising or condescending portrayal. Weeks who travelled and painted in Mathura, Banaras, Agra, Delhi, Amritsar and Bombay shows a mastery of artistic detail: most of his paintings bring together an amalgam of society, replete with men, women, animals, structures and dust; the royalty is incidental.