EditorialMausoleum of Nawab Safdar Jang, Delhi. Inscribed on front in Persian characters and on back in English: 'The Tomb of Nowab Sufdar Jung at Delhi'. 1820-1825. Watercolour. Source: Add.Or.551.
EditorialSa’adat ‘Ali Khan, Nawab of Oudh 1798-1814, on horseback. The Nawab wears a black cap and green coat with a flowered cummerband, white trousers and European-style boots. He rides a white horse and rests a riding whip on his shoulder. Brown ground a...
EditorialPortrait of Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh (1775-1797), holding a sword and seated on a green velvet chair in an archway, a red patterned carpet on the floor. c.1780. Opaque watercolour. Source: Add.Or.476.
EditorialThis painting shows a view of the Nawab Vizier's country retreat at Dilkusha, Lucknow set within a deer park. It is inscribed below 'Country Palace at Dil Khoosha'. 1814-1815. Watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4763.
EditorialPortrait of Ghazi al-Din Haidar (Nawab and, after 1819, King of Oudh, 1814-27). Head and shoulders, wearing a crown and ermine cape. Oval; water-colour on ivory; 2.5 by 2 ins. (Amherst collection). By a Lucknow artist, 1826. Source: Add.Or. 2540.
Editorial[View of the] Jail [Rampur]. A view taken from a high vantage point looking down into the compound. Nawab of Rampur's presentation album. c. 1911. Photograph. Source: Photo 36/(42). Language: English.
EditorialAsaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, 1775-97. A three-quarter length seated figure, with face turned half left. His right hand rests upon one knee; the left is pressed against his side. The dress is of white muslin, with necklaces and armlets of pearls, rubie...
EditorialGhazi-al-din Haidar (Nawab and, after 1819, King of Oudh 1814-27) entertaining Lord and Lady Moira to a banquet in his palace. Paintings of horses, mirrors and girandoles decorate the walls and above the window is the coat of arms of the kings of Oudh....
EditorialTomb of Safdar Jang. Delhi, 1815. The tomb of Nawab Safdar Jang in Delhi seen from the garden, painted by Sita Ram for Lord Hastings. Watercolour. Originally published/produced in Delhi, 1815. . Source: Add.Or.4824,.
EditorialMuhammad 'Ali Khan. c.1774. Muhammad 'Ali Khan, Nawab of the Carnatic (1750-1795). The Nawab stands facing outwards, one hand grasping his girdle and the other holding the hilt of a sheathed sword. Oil on canvas Originally published/produced in c.1774...
EditorialAn officer in consultation. An officer, probably a nawab of Murshidabad, sits beneath a canopy on a terrace attended by six courtiers and ministers, all dressed in white; there is a formal garden beyond with a lotus pool under a moonlit sky. Johnson Co...
EditorialPortrait of Hayat-ullah Beg, uncle of Nawab Shams al-Din Khan of Firozpur,seated on a chair smoking a hookah. Skinner Album. 1820 - 1830. watercolour. Source: Add.Or.1251.
EditorialMuhammad Shah (1719-48) stands on a terrace with Nawab Burhan al-Mulk (Sa'adat Khan), founder of the Oudh dynasty, the emperor holding a bow and arrow and the mouthpiece of a hookah borne by a youthful attendant. On the left, Sa'adat Khan is holding a ...
EditorialNawab Muhammad 'Abd al-Rahman Khan of Jhajjar (born 1827, ruled 1845-57) in his court in hot weather with various musicians and courtiers. 1849. Opaque watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4680.
EditorialNawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan III, of Bahawalpur (reg.1825-1852). He is seated on a palace balcony with Pir Ibrahim Khan, with the hilly scrub country of Bahawalpur beyond. c.1849-1850. Opaque watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4666.
EditorialMajor-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace Madras by Azim al-Daula, Nawab of the Carnatic, 18th February 1805. Wellesley is being introduced by a languid Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, the Governor of Madra...
EditorialGraves. The Metcalfe Album. 1842 - 1844. The graves of Nawab Muhammad Amin Khan and his son Qamar al-Din Khan at the Madrassa of Delhi. Opaque watercolour. Delhi style. Image taken from The Metcalfe Album. Originally published/produced in 1842 - 1844...
EditorialLord Clive & Nawab of Bengal. 1772-1773. Lord Clive (1725-1774) receiving from the Nawab of Bengal the grant of the sum of money which was applied to establish the fund for disabled Officers and Soldiers known as Lord Clive's Fund. Oil on canvas Origi...
EditorialNawab Asaf al-Daula seated on a rug smoking a hookah and listening to a party of male musicians. He is surrounded by a group of courtiers and attendants. Nugent Collection. c.1812. watercolour. Source: Add.Or.2600.
EditorialGroup portrait of pilots trained by the Delhi Flying Club Ltd. All named as follows: 'Left to right: 1. Mr D.A. Telfer, 2. Mr Raj Bans Bahadur, 3. Mr J.A.B. G[?]ylls, 4. Mr R.E. Grant Govan (Vice-President), 5. Mr R.N. Chawla, 6. Mrs Horsman, 7. Mr Naw...
EditorialA procession of elephants. c.1859. A procession of elephants of the Nawab Muhammad Yusaf Ali Rampur (ruled 1855-64) with his family and ministers escorted from his own encampment by his household troops, two high-ranking British cavalry officers and a ...
EditorialMausoleum of Nawab Safdar Jang, Delhi. Inscribed on front in Persian characters and on back in English: 'The Tomb of Nowab Sufdar Jung at Delhi'. 1820-1825. Watercolour. Source: Add.Or.551.
EditorialHH the Nawab of Tonk. Curzon Collection: 'His Excellency the Viceroy's t. c.13 Nov 1902. Half-length standing portrait of Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan, HH the Nawab of Tonk (1848-1930). The Nawab met Curzon at Devli on the morning of the 13th November, 19...
EditorialOffering gold to Charles James Fox. 1783. Caricature showing Tulsaji (Raja of Tanjore), Muhammad 'Ali (Nawab of Arcot), Shitab Rai (Naib of Bihar), Chet Singh (Raja of Benares) and Asaf-ud-daula (Nawab of Oudh) offering gold to Charles James Fox who is...
EditorialSa’adat ‘Ali Khan, Nawab of Oudh 1798-1814, on horseback. The Nawab wears a black cap and green coat with a flowered cummerband, white trousers and European-style boots. He rides a white horse and rests a riding whip on his shoulder. Brown ground a...
EditorialThe Nawab sits on an elaborately decorated terrace carpet smoking a hookah, with a youth kneeling before him. Two servants are in attendance. 1763-1764. Gouache. Source: Add.Or.2410.
EditorialA formal group portrait of the Nawab of Janjira, Court officials and British guests, at the Palace, Murud. Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'His Highness Nawab Sahib Sidi Muhammad Khan, Janjira, Investiture and Marriage, 1933 A.D.'. 9 Nov. 1933. Photograph...
EditorialPortrait of Shuja ad-Daulah, Nawab of Oudh (1753-1775) looking to the left. He wears a plain muslin jama and a green overcoat with fur tippet and a green turban with gold embroidered bandeau. c.1775. Opaque watercolour heightened with gold. Source: Add...
Editorial'Count Roupee' (Paul Benfield (1741-1810), civil servant and merchant. He went out to India in 1764 as a military engineer in the service of the English East India Company. He resigned his commission to become a private contractor, and built a successf...
EditorialPortrait of Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh (1775-1797), holding a sword and seated on a green velvet chair in an archway, a red patterned carpet on the floor. c.1780. Opaque watercolour. Source: Add.Or.476.
EditorialThe tribes of Marris and Bagtis (Baluchistan). Group portrait, with Nawab Mir Khanbaksh Khan (Chief of the Marri Tribe) and Nawab Sir Shabaz Khan (Sirdar of the Bagti Tribe), seated in centre. Probably photographed at Delhi during the Delhi Durbar. Ind...
EditorialSadiq Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Bahawalpur, and Council of Regency. Group photograph. 1870. The photograph depicts the young ruler seated with state officials in the company of two European Political Agents. Sadiq Muhammad Khan (1862-1899) succeeded to t...
EditorialShuja-ud-daula, Nawab of Oudh / Shuja-ud-Daulah, Nawab of Awadh, holding a bow. Date/Period: 1772. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 127.3 cm (50.1 in); Width: 101.9 cm (40.1 in).
EditorialNobleman on a Terrace, ca. 1780, Attributed to India, Murshidabad, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, 34 x 21.3 cm, Codices, The spare setting, limited palette, and figural style assign this painting to the late Mughal center of Murshid...
EditorialHooked copper, Phasis thero 1, metalmark butterfly, Riodina lysippus 2, large faun, Faunis eumeus 3, and common nawab, Charaxes athamas 4, ventral and dorsal views. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustratio...
EditorialTHE PRINCE OF WALES INDIAN HORSES AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL HORSE SHOW. CABULEE, NAWAB, HUSSAR, ENGRAVING 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european.
EditorialA procession of elephants of the Nawab Muhammad Yusaf Ali Rampur (ruled 1855-64) with his family and ministers escorted from his own encampment by his household troops, two high-ranking British cavalry officers and a squadron of the Queen's own 7th (Li...