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Drawing

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Drawing, in ink on paper, tinted with watercolour, with gold details, a portrait, possibly of Nur Jahan.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Portraits
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn and painted in ink, watercolour and gold on paper
Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Gold
Ink
Painted
Drawn
Brief description
Tinted drawing, portrait, possibly Nur Jahan, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, 18th century
Physical description
Drawing, in ink on paper, tinted with watercolour, with gold details, a portrait, possibly of Nur Jahan.
Dimensions
  • Height: 353mm
  • Width: 265mm
  • Image within innermost borders height: 81mm
  • Image within innermost borders width: 61mm
22/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A portrait, possibly of Nur Jahan.
Style
Mughal
Credit line
Given by Sir Robert Nathan, K.C.S.I., C.I.E
Object history
From the collection of Sir Robert Nathan (1868-1921), purchased from Maulvi Muhammad Hussain, Judge, Small Claims Court, Delhi. Sir Robert Nathan was Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, in 1905; became Chief Secretary to the Government of East Bengal and Assam in 1907, and was Police Commissioner of Dhaka before leaving India in 1914.

Given by Sir Robert Nathan, K.C.S.I., C.I.E. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.

R.P. 1921-4451
Subjects depicted
Man
Nur Jahan
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.228-1921

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O405524/drawing-unknown/
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