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The background appears to be of a North Indian summer with flat-bottomed boats plying by the Yamuna

One thing notable about the original uncropped version of this work is that it is also one of the most expensive Mughal Paintings in today’s age

a lieutenant in the Bengal Infantry from 1782 to 1792

the softness of his beard

Such posthumous family portraits were painted to recall the glory of the first Mughal emperors and to assert a ruler's direct line of succession to the throne from Babur

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