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Shahjahan riding past the palace

June 30, 1815


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Akbar Shah II 1806–1837
Shahjahan riding past the palace
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Shahjahan riding past the palace, by a Delhi artist, c.1815. Trying to resuscitate past Mughal glories in the Delhi of Akabr II, new illustrated manuscripts of the histories of Shahjahan was produced. This painting is from another manuscript and shows, immediately after the Diwan-I-Am, Shahjahan riding on the opposite bank of the Yamuna past the imperial palace, all white marble and gilt on it's red sandstone wall. Note the imperial pigions flying above the palace. The is one of the earliest depictions of the palace in a picturesque landscape setting, predating Ghulam Ali Khan's further explorations of this theme.
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