Maharaja Raj Singh II
Maharaja Raj Singh II (r. 4th to 25th April, 1787) Bikaner, 1787-90 Opaque pigments with gold on paper Image: 18.8 x 14.7 cm Inscription: (front) Maharaj Shri Raj Singh ji, Raja Bikaner. Raj Singh rebelled against his father Maharaja Gaj Singh in 1775 and then fled to the temple sanctuary in Deshnoke where he would […]
Nawab Ahmad Khan Bangash
Nawab Ahmad Khan Bangash (r. 1749-71) with His Son Diler Himmat Khan Farrukhabad, 1770 Opaque pigments with gold on paper Image: 19.6 x 12.6 cm Folio: 42.2 x 28.4 cm Inscription: (front) The Portrait of Nawab Ahmad Khan Ghalib Jung Ahmad Khan was the son of Muhammad Khan, a Bangash Afghan who rose to prominence […]
Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb (1618-1707) Lucknow or Faizabad, 1770 Opaque pigments with gold on paper Image: 17.5 x 11.5 cm Folio: 39.1 x 26.9 cm Inscription: (front) Tasweer Alamgeer Badshah Our portrait, which depicts Aurangzeb at a fairly advanced age, is part of a group that was produced in the workshop of the versatile painter Mihr Chand (active […]
Imam Quli Khan
Imam Quli Khan (1582-1633) Hyderabad, 1760-80 Opaque pigments with gold on paper Image: 24 x 14 cm Folio: 28 x 17.3 cm Inscription: (back) This is the portrait of Ali Quli Khan Deewane, Qizilbash The identity of the elaborately turbaned figure seen here, seated on a throne, is confirmed by an earlier Golconda version of […]
Raja Dhurb Dev
Raja Dhurb Dev (r. 1703-d. 1725) signed by Uttam Jammu, 1760 Opaque pigments with gold on paper Image: 19.3 x 13 cm Folio: 21.8 x 16 cm Inscription: (front) Shri Raja Dhurb Dev Jamwal; (back) Likhtam Uttam According to Ganeshdas Badehra, the author of the Rajdarshani, an important history of the Jammu rulers written in […]
Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb (1618-1707) Attributable to the Workshop of Laharu Chamba, 1755-60 Opaque pigments with gold on paper Image: 17.3 x 10.4 cm The elderly ruler here, seated at a jharokha, wearing a Mughal style jama and gold fur trimmed coat is immediately recognizable as the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Posthumous pictures of him in old age were […]
Rao Indrajit Singh Celebrating Jhulan Yatra
Rao Indrajit Singh (r. 1732-1762) Celebrating Jhulan Yatra Bundelkhand, Datia, c. 1750 Opaque pigments with gold on paper Image: 29 x 42.7 cm Inscription: (front) Shri Ra Inderjit Judev; (back) Rao Inderjit ju… number 33 The resplendent Raja of Orchha, Indrijit Singh, is shown here celebrating Jhulan Yatra along with two courtiers1. Jhulan Yatra, which […]
Burhan Khan Ghori
Burhan Khan Ghori Aurangabad, 1745-50 Light washes of pigment with gold on paper Image: 22.6 x 20.1 cm Inscription: (front) Burhan Khan Ghori; (back) Tasveere Khan Aalishan Burhan Khan Ghori. This elegant drawing depicts the elder nobleman Burhan Khan Ghori seated on a terrace, smoking a hookah. A younger noble, identified as Khan Alishan, sits […]
Shah Jahan Holding a Sword
Shah Jahan (1592-1666) Holding a Sword Bikaner, 1740 Opaque pigments with gold on paper Image: 22 x 9.7 cm Folio: 32.5 x 18.5 cm Inscription: (back) This is the portrait of Shah Jahan. Bahauddin son of Shehabuddin has written in his own hand. Price 150 rs. The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan is shown here in […]
Shah Jahan with His Four Sons
Shah Jahan (1592-1666) with His Four Sons Hyderabad, 1740 Opaque pigments with gold on paper Image: 30 x 21 cm Folio: 32.5 x 23.5 cm Inscription: (front) L to R – Shujaá, Dara Shikoh, Shah Jahan, Murad Bakhsh, Aurangzeb Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor, is shown seated on a gold chair in a garden. […]