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NORTH INDIA, AGRA, CIRCA 1805
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AN EARLY SCHEMATIC PLAN OF THE GARDENS OF THE TAJ MAHAL
NORTH INDIA, AGRA, CIRCA 1805
The paper watermarked with two dates, 1799 and 1800, inscribed in black ink in nasta'liq script nakshe bat(?) shah jahan badshah (Plan of ...(?) Emperor Shah Jahan) at lower right, in pencil in English with descriptions and identifications of different plants in each flowerbed, the reverse of frame with old exhibition labels
pencil, ink and opaque pigments on paper
27 5/8 x 16 ¼ in. (70 x 41.2 cm.)
NORTH INDIA, AGRA, CIRCA 1805
The paper watermarked with two dates, 1799 and 1800, inscribed in black ink in nasta'liq script nakshe bat(?) shah jahan badshah (Plan of ...(?) Emperor Shah Jahan) at lower right, in pencil in English with descriptions and identifications of different plants in each flowerbed, the reverse of frame with old exhibition labels
pencil, ink and opaque pigments on paper
27 5/8 x 16 ¼ in. (70 x 41.2 cm.)
Provenance
Collection of Warren Hastings, by repute.
with Niall Hobhouse, London.
with Niall Hobhouse, London.
Literature
P. Pal, et al., Romance of the Taj Mahal, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, London and Los Angeles, 1989, no. 40.
Exhibited
Romance of the Taj Mahal, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17 December 1989 - 11 March 1990; The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, 24 April - 24 June 1990; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 23 August - 25 November 1990; The Asia Society, New York, 10 January - 17 March 1991