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Add Or 5475, f.17
- Record Id:
- 032-003264145
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264145
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000252
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5475, f.17
- Title:
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The Emperor Bahadur Shah,. done in 1844 From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
- Scope & Content:
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Oval bust portrait of the Emperor Bahadur Shah II, within a page of illumination.
Oval 8.5 cm high; page 18 by 14 cm.
‘Inscribed above:’ Abu Zafar Siraj al-Din Muhammad Bahadur Shah Padshah Ghazi.
‘Inscribed below:’ The Emperor Bahadoor Shah 1844.
Reproduced: C.T. Metcalfe, ‘Two Native Narratives of the Mutiny in Delhi’, London, 1898, frontispiece 1: ‘The Emperor Bahadur Shah, King of Delhi in 1857. After a miniature painted for the late Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, 1844.’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003264145", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 5475, f.17: The Emperor Bahadur Shah,. done in 1844 From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264145
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264145
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Delhi style
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 1844
- 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:
- J.P. Losty and Malini Roy, Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire (London: British Library, 2012), 164
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bahadur Shah II, Mughal Emperor of India, 1775-1862,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108230255 - Subjects:
- Portraits