The Mughal Emperor Humayun, by the artist Mir 'Ali Khan
The Mughal Emperor Humayun, by the artist Mir 'Ali Khan
Delhi, dated dhu'l-Hijja 1265/October-November 1849, in the 13th regnal year of the Emperor Bahadur Shah II
gouache and gold on paper laid down on card, laid down on an album page with Arabic inscriptions relating to the Emperor and to the artist written in naskhi script in black ink, numbered 7 at top, a second sheet of card hinged to the reverse with a key to the inscriptions in a neat contemporary English hand
portrait 150 x 94 mm.; album page 367 x 275 mm.
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The Mughal Emperor Humayun, by the artist Mir 'Ali Khan
Delhi, dated dhu'l-Hijja 1265/October-November 1849, in the 13th regnal year of the Emperor Bahadur Shah II
gouache and gold on paper laid down on card, laid down on an album page with Arabic inscriptions relating to the Emperor and to the artist written in naskhi script in black ink, numbered 7 at top, a second sheet of card hinged to the reverse with a key to the inscriptions in a neat contemporary English hand
portrait 150 x 94 mm.; album page 367 x 275 mm.
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