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Persian School (mid-19th century) Portrait of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar, opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on wove paper, sheet 208 x 135 mm (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in), tipped at corners onto album leaf, several nicks to edges, one larger neat tear in the upper left, spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1850]

Provenance: Probably John Murray III (1808-1892)

One of a number of known portraits showing the young Shah, just after he ascended the throne, wearing a European-style frockcoat with gold braided epaulettes, but in this instance without the cannon as normally found (for a similar example, see Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, acc. no. 2023.238).
Date circa 1850
Source https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/128170/Persian-School-mid-19th-century-Portrait-of-Nasir-Al-Din-Shah-Qajaropaque-watercolour-ink-and-gold-on-wove-paper-sheet-208-x-135-mm-8-1/4-x-5-1/4?auction_date=&auction_no=1138&catId=&excl_keyword=&first_name=&gridtype=gridview&high_estimate=&ipp=20&keyword=&last_name=&low_estimate=&name=&page_no=9&search_type=&sort_by=lot_no&tab_type=&title=&view=lot_detail
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current01:57, 10 January 2024Thumbnail for version as of 01:57, 10 January 20244,000 × 6,210 (3.8 MB)LouisAragon (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Persian School (mid-19th century) Portrait of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar, opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on wove paper, sheet 208 x 135 mm (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in), tipped at corners onto album leaf, several nicks to edges, one larger neat tear in the upper left, spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1850] Provenance: Probably John Murray III (1808-1892) One of a number of known portraits showing the young Shah, just after he ascended the throne, wearing a Europea...

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