The zenana of Muhammad Shah on a visit to the country. The emperor's mother is riding on a white bullock, the ladies are indulging in various forms of recreation. River and imperial boat in the foreground. Executed in gouache. CATEGORY Indian Company Paintings MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Watercolour BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 6. The zenana of Muhammad Shah on a visit to the country. DIMENSIONS Length: 37cm Width: 53.5cm MARKS AND INSCRIPTIONS (Inscribed with notes relating to the illustrations and a list of contents giving Gentil's title and a brief description for each folio. Inscribed inside front cover.) BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 119 p. ISBN 0944142303 Chanchal Dadlani, ‘Transporting India. The Gentil Album and Mughal Manuscript Culture’, Art History. 2025, pp. 748-761.

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