Nawab Sadat Ali Khan holding a durbar

Original unsigned watercolor by Mussowar Khan copied from an earlier painting, now lost. 'Nawab Sadat Ali Khan (r. 1798-1814) seated with his son in a box-like takht (throne) at a durbar, surrounded by the most important people, Indian and European, in Lucknow at the end of the 18th century. Among those present are the British Resident Colonel William Scott (1754?-1804) seated left next top the nawab, the chief minister, Tafuzzai Hussein Khan (1727-1800) seated right next to the nawab and Major General Claude Martin (1735-1800)' - Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, 'Indian Treasures in a Scottish County House', Orientations, Vol. 52, No. 6 (November/December 2020), page 7. This watercolor is a version of one which is in the collection of Hinterston House, Ayrshire, Scotland. Original unsigned watercolor by Mussowar Khan copied from an earlier painting, now lost. 'Nawab Sadat Ali Khan (r. 1798-1814) seated with his son in a box-like takht (throne) at a durbar, surrounded by the most important people, Indian and European, in Lucknow at the end of the 18th century. Among those present are the British Resident Colonel William Scott (1754?-1804) seated left next top the nawab, the chief minister, Tafuzzai Hussein Khan (1727-1800) seated right next to the nawab and Major General Claude Martin (1735-1800)' - Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, 'Indian Treasures in a Scottish County House', Orientations, Vol. 52, No. 6 (November/December 2020), page 7. This watercolor is a version of one which is in the collection of Hinterston House, Ayrshire, Scotland. Large oblong folio; no margins. London, Francis Edwards, 1949.