Lot 62
62
THE DURBAR OF GHAZI AL-DIN HAYDAR WITH THE BRITISH RESIDENT JOHN BAILLIE OF LEYS
THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE ANTHONY HOBSON
THE DURBAR OF GHAZI AL-DIN HAYDAR WITH THE BRITISH RESIDENT JOHN BAILLIE OF LEYS

LUCKNOW, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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THE DURBAR OF GHAZI AL-DIN HAYDAR WITH THE BRITISH RESIDENT JOHN BAILLIE OF LEYS
LUCKNOW, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold, the Nawab seated on a large silver throne under a canopy, the British resident and his wife stand to the left, other courtiers to the right, identification inscriptions in Persian now faded, with black borders, old pencil inscription on reverse, mounted, framed and glazed
13 ¼ x 10 ¼in.
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 8 May 1997, lot 205

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Lot Essay

The disposition of the figures in this painting in an arrow tip shape emphasizes the perspective, and directs the viewer's gaze towards the enthroned ruler of Oudh. The scene finds two parallels. The first in the painting by Tilly Kettle of 'Suja-ud-daulah, Nawab of Awadh, with Four Sons, General Barker and Military Officers', which is dated 1772, and now kept at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Calcutta. In this work, Kettle's use of the perspective, although reversed, accentuates the king's and the General's presence at the fore of the field whilst the sons and the other officers are seen fading in the background as their size diminishes. The second in Ghazi-ud-din Haidar, King of Oudh (d.1827) Receiving Tribute, circa 1820-25, in the Royal Collections (RCIN 408019), where Robert Home directly influenced the frontal depiction of Ghazi al-Din Haydar.

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