The Request for Mercy, North India, late 18th - early 19th centuryGouache and gold on paper depicting a prisoner surrounded by soldiers, brought to a prince seated with his host on a canopied terrace to whom a young man dressed in white seems to be begging for mercy. The scene is topped by nine lines of nagari text in black ink, some in red ink. 28 x 17 cm on viewFrame . A miniature painting with a request for mercy, Northern India, late 18th - early 19th century