A PORTRAIT OF MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR AND A LETTER IN HIS HAND

QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PORTRAIT OF MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR AND A LETTER IN HIS HAND
QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Pen and wash on paper, the Shah wears a tall black hat and black coat, within a panel with gold, black and blue rules, the margins with similar outer rules, a number of rubbed seals towards the bottom of the folio, the reverse with a letter in hand of the Shah, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 13 5/8 x 8¾in. (34.8 x 22.2cm.)

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On the reverse of this drawing is mounted a letter from Muzaffar al-Din Shah to his son Prince Shu'a al-Saltana, dated 20 Rabi' I AH 1320/27 June 1902 AD. The Shah writes that he will stay in Karlsbad in Germany until the end of the month in order to drink the waters but that he misses him.

QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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