AFTER TILLY KETTLE, LUCKNOW, INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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THE NAWAB OF OUDH, SHUJA' AL-DAWLA
AFTER TILLY KETTLE, LUCKNOW, INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Watercolour heightened with gold on paper, of oval format, the nawab wears a a Tartar dress, fur hat and white robes with floral decoration, his coat with fur trim, one hand resting on his belt, the other on his sword, in footed brass frame
7in. (17.7cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This portrait of the Nawab of Awadh Shuja' al-Dawla very probably derives from an original painted by Tilly Kettle in 1772 of which a copy by the Indian artist Mihr Chand is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. For a discussion on these portraits, see Mildred Archer, Company Paintings; Indian Paintings of the British Period, London, 1992. cat.88, pp.116-117.

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