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watercolour

Add Or 4679

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

The Umla Baushee in his dress of office.

Date

1810 to 1815

Measurement

height 25.5 centimetres, width 31 centimetres

Language / script

English (lang.)

Subject

Afghanistan dress

Description

Scope and content : Watercolour, inscribed in ink below painting, 'The Umla Baushee in his dress of office' and, 'Plate XIV to face page 1205' and in pencil on album page 'by native artist.'This is the original watercolour for plate XV, facing p. 519 of Mountstuart Elphinstone, Account of the Kingdom of Caubul (London, 1815).

Institution

British Library

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