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Portrait of a courtier standing to right holding a chauri in his left hand
Miniaturist: Unknown
Bequeathed 1946 by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund.
Height: 159 mm
Width: 104 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (0148) by Manuk, P. C. and Coles, G. M., Miss
'Dara Sikuh (d. 1659), eldest son of Shahjahan', N.T., (Jan. 1970 - note in file).
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Ink
Gold
Support composed of paper ( laid down)
Watercolour : Bodycolour including white, with pen and ink and gold on paper, laid down
Accession number: PD.176-1948
Primary reference Number: 33199
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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