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Persian School (mid-19th century) Portrait of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar, opaque watercolour, ink, and

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Persian School (mid-19th century) Portrait of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar, opaque watercolour, ink, and

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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).

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Persian School (mid-19th century) Portrait of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar, opaque watercolour, ink, and

Name: Persian School (mid-19th century) Portrait of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar, opaque watercolour, ink, and
SKU: 168961325
Price: 1000 GBP
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