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Mughal artist
Portrait of Muazzam Khan and a painting of a falcon. c. 1650-1770
ink and watercolour including gold metallic paint on paper. | 32.7 x 22.2 cm (folio dimensions) | RCIN 1005069.f
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recto:
Portrait of Muazzam Khan, c. 1650-60.
A nim-rang (half-colour) portrait of Muazzam Khan, the name given to Mir Muhammad Said (1591-1663), a general and Governor of Bengal under the Mughal Emperor Alamgir. The coloured elements of sward and sky are later eighteenth-century additions.
verso:
Falcon, early eighteenth century.
A grey and white falcon standing on a perch in a meadow.
For further information on this album see RCIN 1005069.Provenance
From an album thought to have been presented to George IV by Ghazi ud-Din Haider, Nawab of Awadh, c.1828.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
ink and watercolour including gold metallic paint on paper.
Measurements
32.7 x 22.2 cm (folio dimensions)
17.4 x 9.5 cm (image)
20.7 x 15.4 cm (image)
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