The Mughal Emperor and his Court

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Faizabad (made)

Festival on the occasion of the emperor's accession: the emperor seated on his throne; the distribution of rings; the emperor being weighed against gold, silver and corn; its distribution to the poor.

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Category	Indian Company Paintings
Object type	Album page
Title	The Mughal Emperor and his Court (series title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour Watercolour
Brief description	Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, 1774. Page number 2. Festival on the occasion of the emperor's accession. The text on the back of this page (entitled 'Trosne de Chadehan') relates to the next image, IS.25:3-1980.
Physical description	Festival on the occasion of the emperor's accession: the emperor seated on his throne; the distribution of rings; the emperor being weighed against gold, silver and corn; its distribution to the poor.
Dimensions	Length: 37cm Width: 53cm
Style	Company
Marks and inscriptions	(Inscribed with notes relating to the illustrations and a list of contents giving Gentil's title and a brief description for each folio. Inscribed inside front cover.)
Subjects depicted	Celebration Emperor Throne Rings Gold Silver Corn Poor Festival
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 118 p. ISBN 0944142303 Chanchal Dadlani, ‘Transporting India. The Gentil Album and Mughal Manuscript Culture’, Art History. 2025, pp. 748-761
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.25:2-1980

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O405318/the-mughal-emperor-and-his-album-page/

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