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Mubarak ud-Daula, Nawab of Murshidabad, in durbar with the British Resident, Sir John Hadley D'Oyly

Painting
ca. 1795 - ca. 1805 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Murshidabad (painted)
Calcutta (painted)

This is one of a group of nine paintings. They depict a durbar (public reception) at the Murshidabad court, and various Hindu and Muslim festivals and religious scenes. A Murshidabad artist copied it, probably from an original oil painting by George Farington. He had worked in Murshidabad from May 1785 until his death there in 1788. Farington's original is lost, but someone who saw it remarked that the sepoys depicted in it 'appeared too tall', as they are in this copy.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Indian Company Paintings
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitleMubarak ud-Daula, Nawab of Murshidabad, in durbar with the British Resident, Sir John Hadley D'Oyly (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on paper
Paper
Gouache
Painted
Brief description
Painting; watercolour, Mubarak ud-Daula, Nawab of Murshidabad, Murshidabad, ca. 1795 - ca. 1805
Physical description
Mubarak ud-Daula, Nawab of Murshidabad (1770-1793) seated under a canopy with Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, Bt, British Resident. One of nine drawings depicting a 'durbar' at the Murshidabad court and various Hindu and Muslim festivals and religious scenes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.3cm
  • Width: 56.5cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
10. The Court of the Nawaub Moobarack al Dowlah Father of the present Nawaub Nauser al Moolk receiving the then British Resident Sir John D'Oyle Bart. (Inscription; decoration; English; Roman; Reverse; ink)
Credit line
Purchased from Mr. T. Toon (or possibly Mr J.Joon), 38 Leicester Square
Historical context
Mubarak ud-Daula was the Nawab of Murshidabad (1770 - 1793)
Production
After a presumed original by George Farington, ca. 1785 - ca. 1788
Subjects depicted
Mubarak Ud-Daula
Hadley D'Oyly, Sir John
Summary
This is one of a group of nine paintings. They depict a durbar (public reception) at the Murshidabad court, and various Hindu and Muslim festivals and religious scenes. A Murshidabad artist copied it, probably from an original oil painting by George Farington. He had worked in Murshidabad from May 1785 until his death there in 1788. Farington's original is lost, but someone who saw it remarked that the sepoys depicted in it 'appeared too tall', as they are in this copy.
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 78 - 80 p. ISBN 0944142303 Jaffer, A. Furniture from British India and Ceylon: a catalogue of the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2001. ISBN 1 85177 318 5. p.112, fig39.
  • Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. ISBN 9787513403917. pps. 214-217
  • Das, N. and Llewellyn-Jones, R. (eds.). Murshidabad: Forgotten Capital of Bengal, ISBN 978-81-921106-9-1. Marg, Mumbai, 2013. ISBN 978-81-921106-9-1. p. 26, pl. 9.
  • Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.49
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.11:3-1887

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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