cover image: Nawab Ali-Mardan Khan

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Nawab Ali-Mardan Khan

Mughal Court Mughal School Detached album folio; Nawab Ali-Mardan Khan; single-page portrait; Persian in black nasta'liq script, the inscription on the top reads: the portrait of Nawab Ali-Mardan Khan Bahadur. Border: The painting is set in black and white rulings in a brown inner frame of floral scroll, surrounded by a green, red and gold outer frame, mounted on paperboard with floral motifs. On the top: Shabih-i Ali- Mardan Khan Bahadur. Arthur M. Sackler Collection
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Collection
Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
ca. 1900
Dates
ca. 1900
Format
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Pages
H x W (overall): 31.5 x 23.5 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/4 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S1986.440
Rights
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/3aa21bc17690e6349d47e4ccd1d8d4c0

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