INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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NAWAB SAYYID HASSAN
INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on ivory, in European dress, mounted, framed and glazed
9 3/8 x 7 1/8in. (23.8 x 18cm.) with frame

Engraved

Inscribed on the back: from Hassan Ali Khan, Painters of Delhi, no 5, Wellesley Street, Calcutta 1+5+90

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Sayyid Hassan 'Ali Mirza Bahadur (1881-1906), GCIE (Knight Grand Commander) was the first Nawab of Murshidabad and the eldest son of Mansur 'Ali Khan, the last Nawab of Bengal. He succeeded Mansur Ali Khan as the Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad, after the title of Nawab of Bengal was abolished in 1880. At his death in 1906, he was succeeded by his son, Wasif 'Ali Mirza khan.

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