Lot Essay
For a discussion on this portrait and that of Nasir al-Din Haydar's father and predecessor on the throne of Awadh Ghazi al-Din Haydar, see lot 397.
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PROBABLY AFTER MUHAMMAD AZAM AND ROBERT HOME, LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1830 AD
Details
A PORTRAIT OF THE KING OF OUDH NASIR AL-DIN HAYDAR (R. 1827-37 AD)
PROBABLY AFTER MUHAMMAD AZAM AND ROBERT HOME, LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1830 AD
Watercolour on ivory, depicted enthroned with the regalia, mounted, framed and glazed
Miniature 6 1/8 x 4¼in. (15.6 x 10.8cm.) (visible)
PROBABLY AFTER MUHAMMAD AZAM AND ROBERT HOME, LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1830 AD
Watercolour on ivory, depicted enthroned with the regalia, mounted, framed and glazed
Miniature 6 1/8 x 4¼in. (15.6 x 10.8cm.) (visible)
Provenance
With Eyre & Hobhouse, London (Company Painting: a century of Indian art for European patrons, June 1982, cat. 24)
Special notice
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