An audience with the Great Mogol,
from an account of the travels of William Hawkins, by Pieter van
der Aa, Leiden, 1706; *a very large
scan of this engraving*; *the whole page*
Also: *"Cowardice
of the Officers of War is punished by the Great Mogol*; *a very
large scan of this engraving*
Source: ebay, July 2011
'La cour du Grand Mogol a Lahor'
and 'Cour et pompe du Grand Mogol' at Agra , two views by van der
Aa, from 'La Galerie Agreable du Monde (...).Tome premier des
Indes Orientales.', published by P. van der Aa, Leyden, c. 1725 (*title page*); from the same work
also:
*"Cabinet
du Jardin du Grand Mogol"*;
*"Cavalier
du Grand Mogol en pompeux equipage"*
*"Chars
Bengalois tirez par des Boeufs et la prise des Foulques"*
*"Chatiment
des gens de la Cour disgracies du Grand Mogol"*
*"Celebration
du jour de naissance du Grand Mogol"*;
*"Chasse
des Lions du Grand Mogol"*;
*"Combat des Hommes avec des Lions
devant le Grand Mogol"*;
*"Cruaute
des Elephans contre leur propre People"*
*"Habit
des hommes et femmes Maures dans les Indes"*
*"Habit du
Grand Mogol, & d'une de ses Femmes"*;
*"Lieu de Combats pour le divertissement
du Grand Mogol"*
*"Magnifique parure des Elephants lors
qu'on les presente au Grand Mogol"*;
*"Melik Ambar, un miserable esclave,
Protecteur du Royaume de Decan"*;
*"Ministres
d'Etat au Cour du Grand Mogol"*
*"Royaume du Grand Mogol"* and *"Carte du Golfe de Bengals"*; *"Le
Royaume de Guzarate aved le Golfe de Cambaye"*; *"Voyage des Indes Orientales fait par
Guillaume Hawkins"*
Source: ebay, Feb. 2012
"Pomp and Ceremony of the March of
the Great Mogol," from the 'Atlas Historique' by Chatelain,
1705-20
Source: ebay, Aug. 2011
Combats with animals at the court of the Great Mogol: from a
travel book by Giambattista Albrizzi, Venice, 1738; *the title page*
Source: ebay, Mar. 2008
*"Costume
of a Mahomedan Lady in the State of the Great Mogol," from
Thomas Salmon, 'Lo State presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del
mondo', Venice, 1751*
Source: ebay, Nov. 2010
This large German engraving, "Mogols Throne," with numbers and
a key at the bottom, is probably from the mid-1700's; a
very large scan of the engraving, including the key: *left half*; *right half*. It differs
mostly in small details from the Prevost engraving below.
Source: ebay, May 2007
"Cour du Grand Mogol" by Bellin, from *PREVOST*,
1752;
*a very large scan of this engraving*.
Editions continued to be published for decades: *an Italian edition, 1782*; *a German edition, published as late as
1860 (with modern hand coloring)*
Source: ebay, Dec. 2005
Prevost's view (1757) of the *coins of the Mughals and other rulers in
the region*; also: *Southeast
Asian coins*
Source: ebay, Feb. 2009
*"Habits [=clothing] of the People
of Moghul," from 'The Weekly Amusement', London, 1764*
Source: ebay, May 2008
From Edward Cavendish Drake, "A Universal Collection of
Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels" ( J. Cooke,
London, 1768); *another depiction*
from the same source
Source: ebay, Dec. 2005
"The Great Mogul riding in a Chariot of State, drawn by Oxen,"
c.1775 (with modern hand coloring); obviously taken from the *PREVOST*
1747 engraving to the right, called more generally "Moghul
coaches drawn by oxen"
Source: ebay, Dec. 2004 and Aug. 2005
*"A BATTLE between Men and Beasts,
before the GREAT MOGUL and his Court," from A New &
Complete System of Universal Geography, by Charles Theodore
Middleton, London, 1778*
Source: ebay, June 2005
Weighing the emperor (usually on his birthday) against various
valuables to be given to the poor (an engraving, 1780)
Source: ebay, Aug. 2005
[For comparison: the Agha Khan
being weighed against gold, 1940: *a
news bureau photo*; *the
caption*]
Source: ebay, Feb. 2009
[For especially enjoyable
comparison: *Krishna being weighed
against grain (?); modern bazaar art*]
Source: ebay, Sept. 2010
*"Vue du Seirail [ladies' quarters]
du grand Mogol, des Indes," c.1780, with modern hand coloring*;
*the whole engraving*
Source: ebay, May 2008
*Portrait of a Mughal Emperor,
Provincial Mughal style, late 18th century. Gouache heightened
with gold on paper, a turbanned ruler seated on a gold throne*
Source:
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lfsearch/LotDescription.aspx?intObjectId=4894236
(downloaded Mar. 2007)
Western visions of Mughal fashions, c.1799
Source: ebay, Jan. 2005
"'Habit of the Great Mogol -- From an Original Picture at Delly'
and 'Habit of a Lady of Indostan -- The above Figure in the Habit
of a Lady of Industan was taken from the Original Picture drawn at
Indostan'. Both published by G. Robinson, London, 1799."
"The Cortege of the Great Mogul" by Giulio Ferrario (2nd ed.,
Florence, 1828)
Source: ebay, June 2006
*Mughal
costumes, in a depiction from an English encyclopedia of world
costumes, 1834*
Source: ebay, Oct. 2011
*"An
elephant
fight," an engraving by James S. Virtue, London, c.1860*
Source: ebay, June 2009
*"The Imperial Suite at Delhi,
17th Century," by Edwin Lord Weeks*
Source: ebay, Aug. 2005
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