Not on display

Shah Jahan

Painting
ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shah Jahan receiving envoys in a palace garden, after a 17th century original.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleShah Jahan (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Gold
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Shah Jahan receiving envoys in a palace garden, after a 17th century original, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1800
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shah Jahan receiving envoys in a palace garden, after a 17th century original.
Dimensions
  • Page onto which the object is attached; also absolute maximum dimension of objects height: 392mm
  • Page onto which object is attached; also absoule maximum dimension of object width: 264mm
  • Image within innermost painted border height: 247mm
  • Image within innermost painted border width: 173mm
29/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Painting Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Shah Jahan receiving envoys in a palace garden
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage
Object history
Part of the bequest of the Right Honourable Harriet Sarah Baroness Wantage, of Locking House, Wantage Berks, widow of the first and last Baron Wantage, V.C., K.C.B., V.D.

R.P. 1920-8342, 1920-5869, 1921-3081, 1921-177
Subjects depicted
Emperor
Palace
Garden
Shah Jahan
Associated object
IM.114A-1921 (Part)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.114-1921

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O405442/shah-jahan-painting-unknown/
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