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| Keywords: Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh (6125081062).jpg en Display Artist Mihr Chand Creation Date ca 1775 Creation Place/Subject India State-Province Uttar Pradesh Court Mughal School Late Mughal Media Support Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Display Dimensions 9 23/32 in x 5 9/32 in 24 7 cm x 13 4 cm Credit Line Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Accession Number 1990 413 Collection <a href http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art rel nofollow >The San Diego Museum of Art</a> Label Copy Later Mughals Installation August 2003 Portraiture remained in demand among sub-Imperial patrons but was generally more direct and less emblematic This portrait is a depiction of the powerful Nawab of Avadh Shuja ud-daulah ruled 1754-1775 one hand on a dagger the other on a sword He is the ruler to whom the Mughal heir Shah Alam turned for refuge during the clash of the Marathas and the Afghans in Delhi During the Nawabs twenty-year reign he attracted painters and men of letters to his court including western painters Westernization of style is evident in the frontal view of his face although the body is shown in three-quarters view the naturalistic shading in the folds of his garment and the very deliberate if clumsy recession in the geometries of the carpet There is a loss of precision in technique and an of interest in rendering visual impressions rather than complete minute details seen for example in the pattern in the Nawabs slippers August 2008 Emerging Elites This wealthy and powerful Nawab lord or governor in the Urdu language was from 1753 until 1775 a de facto independent ruler of the region known then as Awadh a large territory in northern India essentially spanning the modern state of Uttar Pradesh Both a patron of the arts and an able administrator Shuja-ud-Daula maintained a vital painting atelier at his court and managed delicate political relations with the Muslim Afghans to the north the Hindu Marathas to the west and the British who had gained control of Bengal to the east Recognizing that portrait painting was a mark of prestige among Europeans Shuja-ud-Daula invited the English academic portraitist Tilly Kettle 173586 to come to his court at Faizabad to produce oil paintings of him and his family Indian artists in the Nawabs employ who had been working in the imperial Mughal style were intrigued by Kettles work and made copies on paper of his oil paintings of which this is one example Tilly Kettle Gran Bretaa 173586 Shuja-ud-Daula Nawab de Oudh con su hijo Asaf-ud-Daula leo sobre lienzo Faizabad 1772 Coleccin del Muse de Versailles no MV 3888 2001-10-15 14 26 21 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/6125081062/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Files from the San Diego Museum of Art to be checked Company style | ||||
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