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Add Or 2538
- Record Id:
- 040-003271199
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003271198
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x00064b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 2538
- Title:
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Akbar II (1806-37). Artist(s): Ghulam 'Ali Khan (fl.1817-1852)
- Scope & Content:
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Akbar II, a halo round his head, wears a fur-trimmed padded coat. He is seated holding a hookah-snake in his left hand, and a writing case lies on the floor beside him.
Inscribed on back of original frame in Persian with an English translation: ‘The auspicious Portrait of His Majesty, exalted as Jemshid, whose attendants are like angels, the shadow of the Almighty, the Asylum of the Mahomedan faith, the promoter of the true religion, the glory of Islam, the ornament & representative of the house of Timour, the mighty Emperor, the renowned Sovereign, the Patron of’ ‘the arts, my Lord & Master, Aboo Nasser, Moyeen ood Deen, Mahommed Akber Shah Padshah, Ghazi, may the Almighty grant him long life & prosperity, & continue to Mankind the benefits of his grace & favor. Dated the 22nd year of His Majesty’s reign. By His Majesty’s devoted faithful servant Gholam Ali Khan Painter. (A very good likeness of the Great Moghul as I saw him at Delhi in February 1827. A.)’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Amherst Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003271198
040-003271199 - Is part of:
- Add Or 2538-2539 : Add.Or.2538-2539 2 ivory miniatures depicting the Mughal emperor, Akbar II, and his second son, Mirza Muhammad Salim. By…
Add Or 2538 : Akbar II (1806-37). Artist(s): Ghulam 'Ali Khan (fl.1817-1852) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003271198[0001]/040-003271199
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 2538-2539
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Delhi style
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- 1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour; ivory
- Exhibitions:
- Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, British Library, 9 November 2012 - 2 April 2013
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Akbar II, Mughal emperor of India, 1760-1837
Ghulam Ali Khan, painter, fl 1817-1852 - Subjects:
- Portraits