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Add Or 5721
- Record Id:
- 032-003264372
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264372
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000335
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5721
- Title:
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Portrait of Sharafat Mahal seated holding a necklace of pearls taken from a jewel box. Artist(s): Amir al-Din (fl.1850)
- Scope & Content:
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Half length of Sharafat Mahal seated holding a necklace of pearls taken from a jewel box
By Amir al-Din, c. 1850, after an original by Muhammad Fazl
Watercolour on ivory, 87 x 689 mm.
Inscribed:
Front:
Portrait of Asrafat Mahal wife of Akbar
From original by Mahommed Faizul by his pupil Amiruddin
Back:
Picture of Ashrafat Mahal copy of original copied by Amiruddin pupil of Mahomed Fuzul son of Mahomud Aizum who died about 1850
Sold and guaranteed by Sultan Ahmed Khan son of Mahomud Fuzul Khan & grandson of Mahomud Aizim dated 25 Jan 1900
Purchased October 2012
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003264372", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 5721: Portrait of Sharafat Mahal seated holding a necklace of pearls taken from a jewel box. Artist(s): Amir al-Din (fl.1850)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264372
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264372
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Delhi style
- Start Date:
- 1849
- End Date:
- 1851
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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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: ivory; watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Amir al-Din, fl 1850
Asrafat Mahal, fl 1830-1860 - Subjects:
- Portraits
- Places:
- India, Asia