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’