Nawab Ja'far Khan from the Impey Album

Object Details

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal School

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed manuscript; Nawab Ja'far Khan from the Impey Album; inscription in Persian nasta'liq script on the top of the folio reads: portrait of Nawab Ja'far Khan; seal on the back.

  Border: The painting is set in gold, black and white rulings with a dark blue floral scroll border surrounded by a narrow gold band, mounted on a gold-sprinkled paperboard.

• Inscriptions

  On the top, "portrait of Nawab Ja'far Khan."

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)

• Origin

  Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state, Avadh (Oudh), India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1780s, 1760s

• Place

  Lucknow, Avadh, Uttar Pradesh state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Henri Vever collection, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Portraits, Seal, Nawab

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts