CultureIndian
Titles
- Mughal Emperor Akbar Holding Court During his Final Illness
Datemid-18th century
PlacePatna or Murshidabad, India
MediumAlbum leaf; pigment with gold on polished paper
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (24.4 × 15.9 cm)
Mat: 15 5/16 × 11 3/16 in. (38.9 × 28.4 cm)
Mat: 15 5/16 × 11 3/16 in. (38.9 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in honor of Margaret and Harold King
Object number2007.448
Non exposé
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British East India Company governor of Bengal, at Daylesford House, Oxfordshire,
and sold there after his death by Messrs. Farebrother, Clark and Lye on 22 August
1853, lot 179. Later purchased by the Victorian book collector Sir Thomas Phillips
(his MS. 14170). Dispersed at auction, Sothebys London, 25-25 November 1968,
lot 367 (this miniature); resold Sothebys London 14 December 1987, lot 2 to Michael Spink, Spink & Son, Ltd.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on vecto lower left: "367"
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