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Record Id:

040-003272160

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003272158

MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add Or 736

Title:

Ashraf 'Ali Khan seated on a chair smoking a hookah with the river Ganges behind him. Artist(s): Dip Chand (fl.c.1764)

Scope & Content:

Ashraf ‘Ali Khan.

Inscribed on reverse: ‘Ushrofully Cann. W.F. 1764.’

220 by 149 mm; page 239 by 169 mm.

Reproduced: Welch (1963), no.86; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 27.

Ashraf ‘Ali Khan sits cross-legged on a European chair, smoking a hookah which is placed in a European side-table. In the background is the River Ganges with mud-flats and boats, distant trees on the far bank.

Note: Ashraf ‘Ali Khan was a foster-brother of the Mughal emperor Ahmad Shah. He resided at Patna and died there in 1792.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003272158
040-003272160

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Add Or 735-738 : Add.Or.735-738 Four portraits of Patna nobility and holy men. Attributed to Dip Chand, Patna, c.1764. Purchased from Miss Enid…

Add Or 736 : Ashraf 'Ali Khan seated on a chair smoking a hookah with the river Ganges behind him. Artist(s): Dip Chand (fl.c.1764)

Hierarchy:

032-003272158[0002]/040-003272160

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

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Languages:

Not applicable

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Not applicable

Styles:

Bengal style
Eastern India style
Murshidabad style
Murshidabad style at Patna

Start Date:

1763

End Date:

1765

Date Range:

c 1764

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