Album page with a Mughal dignitary, North India, late 18th-early 19th centuryGouache and gold on paper, depicting a richly dressed standing man wearing a turban with an egret and holding a fly swatter. Mounted on gold-flecked margins, the reverse side is decorated with a Persian calligraphy of four lines in broad nasta'liq script in black ink. Page size: 34.1 x 23.1 cm; on view: 19 x 11.4 cmAn album page with a portrait of a Mughal noble, North India, late 18th-19th century