H x W (overall): 21.3 x 16.4 cm (8 3/8 x 6 7/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Northern India
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Detached album folio; Holy man with prince and attendants; inscriptions on the border read: (on the left margin) portrait of Shah Qasim Anwar, and (on the right margin) Baysunqur Mirza.
Borders: The painting is set in gold and black rulings surrounded by a blue inner frame and a gold outer frame, mounted on gold-sprinkled paperboard.
Marks:
Old matting: 307 B written in pencil
Old matting: H. Vever written in black ink and underlined
Old matting: 4 written in blue pencil and underlined
Old matting: 4 written in blue pencil and underlined
Inscriptions:
Right margin, Baysunqur [sic] Mirza; left margin, tasvir shah Qasim Anwar.
Right margin, Baysunqur [sic] Mirza; left margin, tasvir shah Qasim Anwar.