File:Shah Jahan, ca. 1640, made ca. 1800- V&A IM.113-1921 (detail crop).jpg

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The Mughal Emperor and His Court, c. 1774.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
The Mughal Emperor and His Court, c. 1774.
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Depicts Shah Jahan on a throne called at the time the 'Jewelled Throne' but which later became known as the 'Peacock Throne'. This painting bequeathed by Lady Wantage in 1921 as a genuine painting of his reign was subsequently identified as a later copy of a lost original, probably done in Delhi or Lucknow in about 1800, in fact, a late copy of a lost original of ca. 1640.

CREDIT LINE: Bequeathed by Lady Wantage

OBJECT HISTORY: Part of the bequest of the Right Honourable Harriet Sarah Baroness Wantage, of Locking House, Wantage Berks, widow of the first and last Baron Wantage, V.C., K.C.B., V.D.

R.P. 1920-8342, 1920-5869, 1921-3081, 1921-177
Depicted people Shah Jahan
Depicted place Delhi
Date circa 1800
date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium gouache on paper
Dimensions height: 386 mm (15.19 in); width: 270 mm (10.62 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,386U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,270U174789
institution QS:P195,Q213322
Accession number
IM.113-1921
Credit line Victoria and Albert Museum
Source/Photographer https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168139/shah-jahan-painting/
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