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Collection Area Visual Arts Name Asaf al-Daula, Nawab Vizier of Avadh, 1775-1797

1. Add Or 476

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Add Or 476
Title:
Portrait of Asaf al-Daula (1775-97), Nawab of Oudh
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Asaf al-Daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97) holding a sword seated on a green velvet chair in an archway, a red-patterned carpet on the floor. By a Lucknow artist, c.1780. Gouache; 8.25 by 5.25 ins. Purchased 10 January 1957. Note: This portrait appears to be based on a painting by the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 2595

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Add Or 2595
Title:
Nawab Asaf al-Daula of Oudh (1775-97) celebrating the Muharram festival.
Scope & Content:
Nawab Asaf al-Daula celebrating the Muharram festival at Lucknow. He is seated at night in the Imambara listening to the maulvi reading from the scriptures. The maulvi sits in the centre on a dais beneath a canopy. The Nawab sits below on a rug smoking a hookah, with his sword and shield lyin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1812
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 2600

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Add Or 2600
Title:
Nawab Asaf al-Daula seated on a rug smoking a hookah and listening to a party of male musicians.
Scope & Content:
Nawab Asaf al-Daula seated on a rug smoking a hookah and listening to a party of male musicians. He is surrounded by a group of courtiers and attendants. Inscribed on back in English in ink: ‘Lukhnou Nawab Asoofooddoala’; in’ nagari’ characters: ‘Luknau asaf-ud-daula navab.’ Water-colour; 16 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1812
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3118

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3118
Title:
Asaf al-Daula (Nawab of Oudh) at a cock-fight with Europeans.
Scope & Content:
Asaf al-Daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97) at a cock-fight. The Nawab, in white ‘jama’ and red trousers, crouches beside an English officer, wearing a red coat and white trousers, watching a cock-fight. Three other European officers stand behind with a number of Indian gentlemen. A servant holds a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1835
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3230

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3230
Title:
The Muharram Festival. Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, listening at night to the maulvi reading from the scriptures
Scope & Content:
The Muharram Festival. Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, listening at night to the ‘maulvi’ reading from the scriptures. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘The Nubob of Moorshedd.- at Prayers’; in ink: ‘The Nawaub of Morshedabad at Prayers, a Night Scene.’. 425 by 552 mm; 392 by 519 mm within border. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3235

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Add Or 3235
Title:
The Nawab of Oudh Asaf al-Daula listening to music in a pavilion
Scope & Content:
The Nawab of Oudh Asaf al-daula listening to music in a pavilion. He is seated against cushions smoking a hookah. Musicians, singers and dancers perform on the left and courtiers and attendants are on the right. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Mussulman Notching; in’ ink: ‘A Mussulman Nautch be...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4026

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4026
Title:
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, seated on a European-style settee holding a sword
Scope & Content:
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Lucknow (1775-97), seated on a European-style settee holding a sword, the sharpness of which he tests with his thumb. By a Lucknow artist, c.1790. Gouache; 235 by 160 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: The painting is probably a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4390

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4390
Title:
Head and shoulders portrait of Nawab Asaf al-Daulah of Oudh (1775-97).. Artist(s): Mihr Chand (fl.1760s-70s)
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders portrait of Shuja‘ al-Daula’s son Nawab Asaf al-Daula (1775-97), looking to the right, c.1775. He wears a plain muslin jama, with a silver over-coat, and a blue turban with gold bandeau, against a blue-grey ground. Ropes of pearls hang round his neck. Inscribed (on the fram...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

9. Foster 106

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 106
Title:
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, 1775-97. A three-quarter length seated figure, with face turned half left. Artist(s): Zoffany, Johann (1733-1810)
Scope & Content:
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, 1775-97, painted 1784 A three-quarter length seated figure, with face turned half left. His right hand rests upon one knee; the left is pressed against his side. The dress is of white muslin, with necklaces and armlets of pearls, rubies and uncut emeralds. He we...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784
Extent:
1 Item

10. P437

Reference (shelfmark):
P437
Title:
Shuja ud Daula and his sons. Drawn by P. Renault, engraved by E. Renault, after the miniature painting by Nevasi Lal in the Gentil Collection which is a copy Tilly Kettle's lost original. Published 12th May 1796. Artist(s): Renault, E., after Kettle, Tilly (1735-1786)
Scope & Content:
Shuja ud Daula and his sons. Drawn by P. Renault, engraved by E. Renault, after the miniature painting by Nevasi Lal in the Gentil Collection which is a copy Tilly Kettle's lost original. Published 12th May 1796.. Artist(s): Renault, E., after Kettle, Tilly (1735-1786)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1796
Extent:
1 Item