NORTH INDIA, DELHI OR AGRA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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FIVE COMPANY SCHOOL STUDIES OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION
NORTH INDIA, DELHI OR AGRA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Comprising four fine depictions of calligraphic decoration, and a profile view of a Mughal cenotaph, three identified in Urdu and/or English, one sheet of paper watermarked 'J Whatman', four in card mounts
The largest 19.1/4 x 16.7/8in. (53.7 x 42.7cm.)

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Lot Essay

The inscriptions read as follow:
In Urdu and English, 'An Invocation to the Deity on the Top of the Queen's cenotaph below'
in English, 'Arabick Inscription from the Koran, on the Cenotaph of the King'
In Urdu and English, 'Invocations to the Deity on every side of Queen's Cenotaph below'
and in a later hand in English 'End of the Begum's Tomb [..]'

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