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The emperor Bahadur Shah
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Description
Europeanised in its full-face portraiture and modelling, this sadly gazing nobleman is the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II (r.1837-1858). Like his father, seen in the previous painting [LI118.33], he ruled India in name only, and his domains hardly reached beyond the Red Fort. Already an old man when he came to the throne, he had spent much of his life in the pursuit of Urdu poetry. For his nominal leadership of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, he was deposed by the British and died in exile.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India › National Capital Territory of Delhi › Delhi (place of creation)
- Date
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1855 - 1858
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
- Associated people
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Bahadur Shah II (ruled 1837 - 1858) (subject)
- Material and technique
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 49.7 x 37.2 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 36 x 24 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
- Accession no.
- LI118.111
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 34 on p. 88, p. 86, illus. p. 89
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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