AN ALBUM PAGE WITH A PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL PRINCE

DELHI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800

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AN ALBUM PAGE WITH A PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL PRINCE
DELHI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Pencil and transparent pigments on paper, the turbanned prince stands facing left, he holds a long gun and wears a rounded shield and a sword, laid down between blue and salmon illuminated borders, the margins with fine floral illumination
Painting 7 3/8 x 4¼in. (18.8 x 10.6cm.); folio 12¼ x 8¼in. (31.3 x 21cm.)

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Lot Essay

Five other pages from this album sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 October 2012, lots 85 to 89. They are copies of works by Mughal masters such as Manohar, Govardhan, Bichitr and Nanha which were prepared for an imperial album of Shah Jahan, known as the Kevorkian Album and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. They were in the Collection of William (1784-1835) and James Fraser (1783-1856).

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