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A young prince returning from hawking.

Catalogue reference: Add Or 2870

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Add Or 2870
Title
A young prince returning from hawking.
Date
1590-1600
Description

Miniature painting: Return from hawking. A young prince (face damaged) wearing a turban of Mughal type, mounted, hawk on wrist, preceded by his footman or groom (face also damaged) on foot, carrying a dead duck. Plain background. Rather rubbed and discoloured; a tear (repaired) across the middle. Qazwin style: c.1590-1600. 13 by 19 cm (page 15.5 by 21 cm). Purchased 21 April 1915.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Physical condition
Medium: opaque watercolour.
Unpublished finding aids
B.W. Robinson, Persian paintings in the India Office Library (London, 1976), 213
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c57c3372-0d1e-41c7-82af-4df612d87ece/

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A young prince returning from hawking.