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ca. 1710 (made)
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Painting, on album page, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a Nawab holding a durbar (holding court) on a riverside terrace during a festival firework display.


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Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, Large Clive Album, Nawab holding durbar on riverside terrace, firework festival, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, ca. 1710
Physical description
Painting, on album page, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a Nawab holding a durbar (holding court) on a riverside terrace during a festival firework display.
Content description
A Nawab holding a durbar on a riverside terrace during a festival firework display.
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Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the V&A, 1964
Object history
This album of 104 folios known as the Clive Album was formerly the property of the Earl of Powis, Powis Castle. (RP 1959/1747)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Skelton, Robert,'Murshidabad Painting',Marg, vol. X, No 1, December 1956, illus, p.11
  • 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. 19, pl. 1
Collection
Accession number
IS.133:65/A-1964

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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