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Personage seated overlooking river with attendant, late provincial Mughal, ca. 1770, from Patna (?) (Cambridge, Fogg Museum of Art)

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Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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The figures are dressed in the Muslim style, in turbans and coats with long skirts. The seated figure is smoking a hookah
his attendant stands respectfully behind him. Beyond, the river and fields stretch out into the distance, under a blue and purple sky. A provincial work, the painting shows Mughal influence but lacks the refined colour harmonies and the exquisite finish of the imperial Mughal style.

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