A CELEBRATORY PORTRAIT OF MANSUR 'ALI KHAN, NAWAB OF OUDH...
A CELEBRATORY PORTRAIT OF MANSUR 'ALI KHAN, NAWAB OF OUDH
India, second half 19th century
Gouache on paper, depicting Mansur ʿAli Khan, Safdar Jang, also known as Abu’l-Mansur Khan Safdar Jang, Nawab of Oudh (Awadh), in a royal gown within an oval frame set against a polychrome floral ground; Persian inscriptions identifying the sitter and recording his dates of accession and death (1150 AH and 1166 AH corresponding to 1737 AD and 1753-54 AD), unframed.
81cm x 65cm
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A CELEBRATORY PORTRAIT OF MANSUR 'ALI KHAN, NAWAB OF OUDH
India, second half 19th century
Gouache on paper, depicting Mansur ʿAli Khan, Safdar Jang, also known as Abu’l-Mansur Khan Safdar Jang, Nawab of Oudh (Awadh), in a royal gown within an oval frame set against a polychrome floral ground; Persian inscriptions identifying the sitter and recording his dates of accession and death (1150 AH and 1166 AH corresponding to 1737 AD and 1753-54 AD), unframed.
81cm x 65cm
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Time, Location
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