Mazhar Ali Khan (painter)

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Mazhar Ali Khan
Mughal India
Known forTopographical paintings, portraits
Notable workDelhi Book
Fraser Album
StyleCompany style

Mazhar Ali Khan was a late-Mughal era, 19th century painter from

Sir Thomas Metcalfe's, Delhi Book.[1]

Life

He was born in Delhi. He received the rigorous Mughal training, and became a part of a dynasty of great miniature artists.

The works

While working in India as the Governor-General's Agent at the Imperial court of the Mughal Emperor, between 1842 and 1844, Metcalfe ordered a series of images of the monuments, ruins, palaces and shrines from Delhi artist, Mazhar Ali Khan. He executed 100 paintings which made it to the book.

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