MAKE A MEME View Large Image Tanding figure of an officer.jpg Source Victoria Albert Museum A Mughal officer of mature years stands facing to the left set against a blue-green ground which rises up to a sky-line streaked in gold mauve and light reds with cream-coloured ...
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Keywords: Tanding figure of an officer.jpg Source Victoria Albert Museum A Mughal officer of mature years stands facing to the left set against a blue-green ground which rises up to a sky-line streaked in gold mauve and light reds with cream-coloured clouds In the foreground the figure stands on a green ground on which grow naturalistically rendered flowering plants An additional strip of paper c 0 5 cm has been added along the lower edge and painted in an olive green The man has a moustache and a short beard which is greying along the jaw-line up to close-cropped hair beneath an orange and green turban crossed with a grey and cream striped band A cameo with a pendant pearl is attached at the front He wears an ivory-coloured jama with orange edgings and lappets under his right arm His patka is gold with a half-drop pattern of pink flowers above a mauve band and gold fringe He has a punch dagger katar thrust through his patka ornamented in chevron bands of green red and white as is the straight talwar sword in a purple sheath which is hung from his waist He also has a rounded black shield with six ornamental bosses hanging from a strap slung round his neck His paijama are gold with purple tulip-like flowers worn above a pair of maroon-coloured shoes tanding figure of an officer c1628-1658 from the Small Clive Album This miniature painting is part of the Small Clive Album of Indian miniatures which is thought to have been given by Shuja ud-Daula the Nawab of Avadh to Lord Clive during his last visit to India in 1765-67 1628-58 http //warfare2 likamva in/Moghul/17thC/Moghul_17thC htm author PD-old-100 Infantry of the Mughal Empire Uploaded with VicuñaUploader
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