Rafi-U'ddaula

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Punjab Plain (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper depicting the Mughal puppet Emperor Rafi-U'ddaula (reigned 1719). He is seated on a golden, jewelled throne and wears a white robe and red turban, jewelled belt and necklace.

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Categories	Paintings Portraits Royalty Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Rafi-U'ddaula (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper Opaque Watercolour Gold Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, the puppet Emperor Rafi-U'ddaula, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Sikh, Punjab Plain, ca. 1840
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper depicting the Mughal puppet Emperor Rafi-U'ddaula (reigned 1719). He is seated on a golden, jewelled throne and wears a white robe and red turban, jewelled belt and necklace.
Dimensions	Page height: 256mm Page width: 205mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 180mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 115mm 27/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description	The Mughal puppet Emperor Rafi-U'ddaula (reigned 1719).
Marks and inscriptions	(Inscribed in Persian) Translation 'Hazrat Rafi-uddaula (son of) Rafi-ush-Shan Padshah son of Bahadur Shah Padshah'
Credit line	Given by O.E. Dickinson
Object history	From a series of Muslim rulers, formerly owned by the Earl of Auckland (Governor General, 1836-1842).
Production	Sikh with Guler influence
Subjects depicted	Ruler Rafi U'ddaula
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.130-1953

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432936/rafi-uddaula-painting-unknown/

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