The Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula
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Agra School, circa 1815
The Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula
with indistinct inscription 'Nur - Jahan = "Light of the World" was the/wife of Akbar the Great Mogul/Tomb of Nur - Jahan's father at Agra/See Lane-Poole's Mediaeval India/I cannot understand further ? Error ?/(HR Aug/28) Pge 311./White Marble and Col'd Stone/Exterior ........ at Dawbah' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour heightened with touches of gold, unframed
15¾ x 26½in. (40 x 67.5cm.)
The Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula
with indistinct inscription 'Nur - Jahan = "Light of the World" was the/wife of Akbar the Great Mogul/Tomb of Nur - Jahan's father at Agra/See Lane-Poole's Mediaeval India/I cannot understand further ? Error ?/(HR Aug/28) Pge 311./White Marble and Col'd Stone/Exterior ........ at Dawbah' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour heightened with touches of gold, unframed
15¾ x 26½in. (40 x 67.5cm.)