Lot 180
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).
Hammer Price: £1,000
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 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).
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 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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