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The Emperor Humayun seated in a landscape holding an astrolabe and attended by eleven courtiers; foreground, a young prince, probably Akbar, watching a camel fight

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  • Miniature. The Emperor Humayun seated in a landscape holding an astrolabe and attended by eleven courtiers; foreground, a young prince, probably Akbar, watching a camel fight. Unknown miniaturist. Pen and ink with bodycolour, watercolour and gold over white ground on paper, laid down, height 210 mm, width 152 mm, late 16th Century. Mogul School. Acquisition Credit: Bequeathed 1946, by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund.
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