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MUGHAL DELHI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
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THE EMPEROR AKBAR LISTENS TO A PETITIONER
MUGHAL DELHI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Opaque pigments on paper, the emperor sits against a bolster cushion beneath a red canopy on a raised platform, a prince beside him, a fly-whisk bearer behind, the petitioner with his hands raised, a courtier leaning on his staff in the foreground, in floral margins, within polychrome rules, with floral borders, mounted
15 ½ x 10 ¾in. (39.4 x 27.3cm.)
MUGHAL DELHI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Opaque pigments on paper, the emperor sits against a bolster cushion beneath a red canopy on a raised platform, a prince beside him, a fly-whisk bearer behind, the petitioner with his hands raised, a courtier leaning on his staff in the foreground, in floral margins, within polychrome rules, with floral borders, mounted
15 ½ x 10 ¾in. (39.4 x 27.3cm.)