Unknown Indian
Mughal Emperor Akbar Holding Court During his Final Illness

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Artist Unknown Indian

CultureIndian

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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)

Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in honor of Margaret and Harold King

Object number2007.448

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Asian Art

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PAINTING

ProvenanceProvenance: From an album once in the library of Warren Hastings (1732-1818), the
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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