Nawab Shuja' ud-Daula of Awadh

Details

• Title

  Nawab Shuja' ud-Daula of Awadh

• Artist/maker

  Mihr Chand (active c. 1765 - c. 1775)

  after Tilly Kettle (1735 - 1786)

• Associated people

  Shuja' ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh (ruled 1754 - 1775) (subject)

  possibly Colonel Antoine Polier (1741 - 1795) (commissioner)

• Associated place

  Asia › India › north India › Uttar Pradesh › Awadh › Faizabad district › Faizabad (place of creation)

• Date

  1772 - 1775

• Material and technique

  gouache on paper

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  visual representation › album;

  visual representation › painting

• Dimensions

  mount 55.4 x 40.1 cm (height x width)
  page 40.3 x 28.4 cm (height x width)
  painting 12.5 x 10.4 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Pilgrim Trust, to commemorate the Directorship of Sir David Piper, 1993.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1993.11

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