Akbar II

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Delhi (made)

Painting, opaque water colour and gold on paper, Akbar Shah II (1759-1837, r.1806-1837) in durbar (holding court) in the Diwan-i Khas of the Palace at Delhi. This painting shows the emperor surrounded by the princes of the blood royal and on either side the nobles of the court.

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Categories	Paintings Royalty Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project India Museum
Object type	Painting
Title	Akbar II (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper Opaque Watercolour Gold Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Akbar Shah II, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, Delhi, ca. 1830
Physical description	Painting, opaque water colour and gold on paper, Akbar Shah II (1759-1837, r.1806-1837) in durbar (holding court) in the Diwan-i Khas of the Palace at Delhi. This painting shows the emperor surrounded by the princes of the blood royal and on either side the nobles of the court.
Dimensions	Length: 66.5cm Width: 53.5cm
Content description	Akbar Shah II (1759-1837, r.1806-1837) in durbar (holding court) in the Diwan-i Khas of the Palace at Delhi.
Style	Mughal
Subjects depicted	Emperors Princes Nobles (Aristocrats) Akbar II
Place depicted	Delhi
Bibliographic reference	Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 162 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	03535(IS)

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O397639/akbar-ii-painting-unknown/

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