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Add Or 476
- Record Id:
- 032-003263630
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003263630
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00004f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172972196.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 476
- Title:
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Portrait of Asaf al-Daula (1775-97), Nawab of Oudh
- Scope & Content:
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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 British artist Tilly Kettle.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003263630", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 476: Portrait of Asaf al-Daula (1775-97), Nawab of Oudh" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003263630
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003263630
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100172972196.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
- Start Date:
- 1779
- End Date:
- 1781
- Date Range:
- c 1780
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, Company drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1972), 118
- Exhibitions:
- TBC, Musee d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux, 11 December 1998 - 14 March 1999
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)