A young woman led to a prince's bedchamber, Oudh, Lucknow,...

A young woman led to a prince's bedchamber, Oudh, Lucknow, North India, late 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the prince shown seated on a carpet on a terrace, a candle burning at his side, the young woman led by an older woman to greet him, a dark red canopy above framing the night sky, his bedchamber in a pavilion behind, within a pale blue border flecked with gold, mounted and framed, painting 23.4 x 16cm.