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Or 4938
- Record Id:
- 032-003283388
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003283388
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035587566.0x000001
- LARK:
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 4938
- Title:
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Twenty-three portraits and various other sketches from a 19th century Persian album, many of them by Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari.
- Scope & Content:
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Twenty-three portraits and various other sketches from a 19th century Persian album, many of them by Abu’l Hasan Ghaffari. Qajar. Eighteenth to nineteenth centuries.
Literature: Rieu, Supp. p.262. Titley no. 42. B. W. Robinson, ‘Persian Miniature Painting from Collections in the British Isles’, London,1967, pp.81-83.
f.1. Portrait of Karim Khan Zand (d.1799), late 18th century.
f.2. Muhammad Shah (d.1847). By Muhammad Hasan Afshar, dated AH1263=AD1847.
f.3. Nasir al-Din Shah (d.1896). By Mirza Baba al-Husaini al-Imami, c. 1850.
f.4. Nasir al-Din Shah. By Muhammad Isfahani, AH1272=AD1856.
f.6. Shahzada ‘Ali Quli Mirza (I‘tizad al-Sultana, i.e. Minister of Sciences, Commerce and Arts). By Yusuf, AH1280=AD1863.
f.7. ‘Imad al-Daula. By Abu’l-Hasan Ghaffari, ‘sani‘al-mulk’, c. 1860.
f.9. Vizier Hajji Mirza Aqasi (appointed Prime Minister, 1852). By Abu’l-Hasan Ghaffari.
f.10. Mirza Muhammad Khan Qajar (d.l 850) ‘kisikchi bashi’, later ‘sipah-salar’ and Prime Minister. By Abu’l-Hasan Ghaffari, c. 1850.
f.11. Mirza Aqa Khan. By Abu’l-Hasan Ghaffari.
f.12. Head study of Khusrau Khan Kirmani. By Abu’ 1-Hasan Ghaffari.
f.13. Pencil sketch of Rustam ‘Ali Beg, tutor to Amir Dust Muhammad and Ustad Bidil Kirmanshahi. By Asadullah Khan Ghaffari Kashani, the eldest son of Abu’l-Hasan Ghaffari, dated AH1283=AD1866-7.
f.16. Portrait of a Persian lady. By Mirza Matlab, dated AH1304=AD1886.
f.17 (a) Four pencil sketches for illustrations to the Arabian Nights, all by Abu’l-Hasan Ghaffari; (b) Sketches of two girls, probably by Nasir al-Din Shah.
f.18. Renaissance-style miniature of the wedding of a nymph and a shepherd. By Mirza Baba al-Husaini Isfahani.
f.19. Two views of the Kazimain Mosque near Baghdad, one signed by ‘Ali Quli Beg, and dated AH1272=AD1856.
f.20. Pen and ink sketches of a gazelle and a wild goat. By Nasir al-Din Shah.
f.21. ‘Darvish’ warming his feet by a fire. By Mahmud i.e. Mirza Mahmud Khan, dated AH1310=AD1892-3.
f.22. Pheasants. By Aqa Buzurg Shirazi.
f.23. Pencil drawing of a chained ram. By Abu’ l-Hasan Ghaffari.
f.24. Persian woman wearing court dress.
f.25. Iris. By Muhammad Riza.
f.26. Woman brought before a prince (probably from ‘Suz u Gudaz’ by Nau’i).
f.27. Hunting scene (Mughal book cover).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003283388
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003283388
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Persian style
Qajar style - Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1886
- Date Range:
- 1780-1886
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- N.M. Titley, Miniatures from Persian manuscripts in the British Library and British Museum (London, 1977), 42
- Exhibitions:
- Epic Iran, V&A, London, 29 May 2021 - 12 September 2021
Splendeur et Magnificence des Arts Qajars, Musee du Louvre-Lens, Lens, 21 March 2018 - 16 July 2018 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Flowers
Plants
Portraits
literary illustrations
poetic narratives