Lucknow School, circa 1850

Portrait of Wajid-ali-Shah, the last Nawab of Oudh, full-length, holding a sword, in a palace, with a landscape beyond

细节

Lucknow School, circa 1850
Portrait of Wajid-ali-Shah, the last Nawab of Oudh, full-length, holding a sword, in a palace, with a landscape beyond
inscribed in Persian 'Portrait of Nawab Wahid Ali Shah Padishah of Oudh' (lower centre, in the margin) and further inscribed in pencil (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, gold and gum arabic
20.3/8 x 14½ in. (51.8 x 38.9 cm.)

拍场告示

This illustration on p. 123 is for lot 152 and not 153 as indicated in the catalogue

拍品专文

The throne in the background of this watercolour has been identified as the royal throne of Ghazi-ud-Din, who succeeded his father as Nawab Wazir of Oudh in 1814, and took the title of King in 1819 at the instigation of Warren Hastings: he thereafter assumed the style of Shah Zaman. The throne was devised by the artist Robert Home (1752-1834) and appears in the background of his portrait of Ghazi-ud-Din, which was presented to King George IV by his brother Sir Everard Home, 1st Bt., in 1828. It remains in the Royal Collection (see Sir Olivar Millar, Later Georgian Pictures in the Royal Collection, London, 1969, no. 832.)