A lady with a parrot. Artist(s): Aqil Khan (fl. 1760), style of
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A lady with a parrot. Style of ‘Aqil Khan, Mughal, c.1760. Formerly Album 69, no.4; purchased from Mirza Yusuf Khan, 11 March 1914, together with Add.Or.2768, 2770-2771. Inscribed on border in Persian: ‘zinat al-nisa dukhtar-i ‘alamgir badshah’ (Zinat al-Nisa, daughter of the emperor ‘Alamgir...
A lady and deer. Inscribed on reverse: ‘A Woman feeding an antelope and smoking a Hooka which is carried after her.’ 163 by 101 mm; page 268 by 192 mm. A lady is on a terrace with a deer, holding the mouthpiece of a hookah which is borne by a servant.
Pigeons. Inscribed on reverse: ‘A lady amusing herself upon a terrace flying pidgeons. This also may be the figure of a dancing Girl.’ 159 by 106 mm; page 264 by 197 mm. A lady on a terrace beside a pigeon-house with perch.