Painting / portrait

Description

Miniature portrait, on ivory, depicting the Queen of Delhi, Begum Sahiba Zeenat Mahal, wife of Bahadur Shah Zafar, c. 1850

Museum reference

M.1945.13.1

Object name

Painting / portrait

Date

c. 1850

Style / Culture

Indian

Materials

Ivory

Physical description

Miniature on ivory. Portrait of Queen Begum Sahiba Zeenat Mahal reclining in ornate dress, there is a vase with flowers to the far left-hand side.

Associations

British land forces: 78th Regiment
Depicted: Mahal, Begum Sahiba Zeenat, 1823 - 1886
Previous owner: McMaster, Valentine Munbee, Surgeon, 1857 (fl.) - 1858 (fl.)
War: Indian Mutiny / Uprising, 1857-8
Delhi, India, South Asia

On display

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