OUDH COURT PAINTER (19th Century, Indian)

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OUDH COURT PAINTER (19th Century)

Portrait of Mohammed Ali Shah – King of Oudh

oil on canvas 

24 x 18.5 inches

On a very rare Indian hardwood stretcher

Unframed at present

The inscription on his scroll reads:
Hazrat-e zill-e subhani… khallad allah mulkuhu wa saltanatahu
‘Hismajesty, the shadow of the Divine…May G-d make his kingdom and his reign eternal