Two pages of an emperor portrait album, India, 19th - 20th century Gouaches and gold on paper laminated to cardboard, each depicting a Mughal emperor in bust form behind the parapet of a jharokha window in an oval medallion with floral spandrels. Both are dressed in white, wearing turbans with egrets and gold-plated sarpush, their faces haloed by a golden nimbus. The first page appears to depict Emperor Jahangir, looking to the right and holding a sarpush and talwar handle, while the second shows the elderly Emperor Akbar, facing left, holding a feathered aigrette and talwar handle. Portraits surrounded by beautiful margins adorned with floral stems in gold and midnight-blue gouache. Overall size: 26.2 x 17.8 cm and 26.1 x 17.7 cm; portrait size: 9.7 x 7.3 cm and 9.8 x 7.3 cm A few chips, a crack through the left arm of elderly Akbar, some later retouching. In window cartouches. Two Emperor Portraits, India, 19th-20th century