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Add Or 5694
- Record Id:
- 032-003264345
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264345
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00031a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5694
- Title:
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Portrait of Shah 'Alam II seated on a throne overlooking the River Ganges
- Scope & Content:
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Portrait of the Mughal emperor Shah 'Alam (1759-1806) seated in profile on a golden throne under a golden umbrella.
Mughal, Patna, after Dip Chand, 1764.
Opaque watercolour with gold on paper.
19.5 x 14.7 cm
Inscribed in black in on the reverse: 'This picture given me by Hugh Acland 1764 F.T.H. (?)'
Purchased in March 2010.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264345
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264345
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/18th century style - Start Date:
- 1763
- End Date:
- 1764
- Date Range:
- c 1764
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour; gold; paper
- Finding Aids:
- J.P. Losty and Malini Roy, Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire (London: British Library, 2012), 114
- Exhibitions:
- Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, Asia Society, New York, January 2012 - April 2012
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Shah Alam, Mughal emperor of India, 1759-1806
- Subjects:
- Portraits
- Places:
- Murshidabad, West Bengal, India