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Foster 18

Record Id:

032-003264594

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003264594

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Foster 18

Title:

Hajji Muhammad Muhsin (1730-1812). Muslim scholar and traveller, and benefactor of the seminaries at Hugli and Cihinsura. A half length figure, dressed in a white robe and wearing a close-fitting green cap

Scope & Content:

Haji Muhammad Muhsin (1730-1812), c.1800

A half length figure, with dark eyes, straight nose and slight moustache, dressed in a white robe and wearing a close-fitting green cap. Possibly by a Calcutta artist.

24 by 18 ins (61 by 46 cms)

Presented by Dr. T.A. Wise, 1875

This portrait belonged to Shams al-Daula, Nawab of Dacca, 1822-31, whose son appears to have given it to Dr. Wise, then Principal of the Hooghly College. It may well be a copy of an earlier painting. The College possesses another portrait.

Literature: Syud Hassain, ‘Haji Mahomed Muhsin and the Hooghly Imambarah’, ‘Bengal past and presen’t, vol. 2, Jan-June 1908, 62-73. Reproduced: ‘Bengal past and present’, vol. 5, Jan-June, 1910, 159.

Haji Muhammad Muhsin was a well known Muslim scholar and traveller in Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Persia and Central Asia. After inheriting a large fortune, he settled at Hooghly in Bengal and spent his money freely on religious and charitable objects, such as the Imambara and Muhammadan seminary at Hooghly and the Hooghly College, Chinsura.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

India Office Oil Paintings

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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Hierarchy:

032-003264594

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Styles:

Bengal style
Calcutta style
Eastern India style

Start Date:

1799

End Date:

1801

Date Range:

c 1800

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: oil paint; canvas

Former Internal References:

F18

Finding Aids:

Mildred Archer, The India Office collection of paintings and sculpture (London, 1986), 11-12

Exhibitions:

Wise Ways: Travels of a Dundee Doctor, The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum, 8 March 2019 - 25 August 2019

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Muhammad Muhsin, Hajji, 1730-1812

Subjects:

Portraits