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Shah Jahan

Painting
ca.1800 (made)
Place of origin

Shah Jahan is depicted on a throne called at the time the 'Jewelled Throne' but which later became known as the 'Peacock Throne'. This painting bequeathed by Lady Wantage in 1921 as a genuine painting of his reign was subsequently identified as a later copy of a lost original, probably done in Delhi or Lucknow in about 1800.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleShah Jahan (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Shah Jahan enthroned, after a 17th century original, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, ca. 1800
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Shah Jahan enthroned, after a 17th century original.
Dimensions
  • Height: 386mm
  • Width: 270mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 162mm
  • Image within inntermost painted borders width: 120mm
29/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Shah Jahan enthroned.
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage
Object history
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage in 1921.
Production
a late copy of a lost original of ca. 1640
Subjects depicted
Summary
Shah Jahan is depicted on a throne called at the time the 'Jewelled Throne' but which later became known as the 'Peacock Throne'. This painting bequeathed by Lady Wantage in 1921 as a genuine painting of his reign was subsequently identified as a later copy of a lost original, probably done in Delhi or Lucknow in about 1800.
Bibliographic references
  • Clarke, C. Stanley; Indian Drawings: Thirty Mogul Paintings of the School of Jehangir and Four Panels of Calligraphy ini the Wantage Bequest. London 1922 No. 16, pl. 10
  • S. Stronge, " Thrones of the Mughal Emperors of Hindustan", Jewellery Studies, vol. 10, London, 2004, p. 60, fig. 10.
Collection
Accession number
IM.113-1921

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2008
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