Asaf Khan (d.1641). Mughal, c.1640. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shabih-i asaf jah pidar-i nur jahan begum’ (a likeness of Asaf Jah, father of Nur Jahan Begum); numbered 22 in Persian inventory note. Drawing; gouache and gold added at Lucknow, c....
