Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, in blue mount speckled with gold leaf, full length portraits of two chief officers of the court of Emperor Muhammed Shah (1719-1748), Nawab Roshan-uddaula (d. 1732) and Nawab Khan Duran (d. 1739), both in outdoor costumes.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, two nobles of the court of Muhammed Shah, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, late 18th century
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, in blue mount speckled with gold leaf, full length portraits of two chief officers of the court of Emperor Muhammed Shah (1719-1748), Nawab Roshan-uddaula (d. 1732) and Nawab Khan Duran (d. 1739), both in outdoor costumes.
Dimensions
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 178mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 113mm
  • Height: 424mm
  • Width: 273mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Two chief officers of the court of Emperor Muhammed Shah (1719-1748), Nawab Roshan-uddaula (d. 1732) and Nawab Khan Duran (d. 1739), both in outdoor costumes.
Style
Credit line
Purchased from Messrs luzac & Co., 46 Great Russell Street
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
IM.290-1913

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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