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JOHAN JOSEPH ZOFFANY (FRANKFURT 1733-LONDON 1810)

Asaf ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh c.1784

Black, white and red chalk on brown paper | 21.7 x 15.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 913286

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A portrait drawing of Asaf ud-Daula,(/) Nawab of Oudh, head only, facing to the left. The Nawab of
Oudh was painted several times by Zoffany during his time in India between 1783-9, including an oil
painting in the collection of the British Library (BL F108). 

Provenance
Purchased by George IV when Prince Regent from Colnaghi & Co., 5 June 1811 for 10s 6d (Royal
Archives GEO/MAIN/27637, 'A Drawing by Zoffany - the Nabob of Oude')

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