A MINIATURE OF SULTAN HYDER ALI KHAN, KING OF MYSORE (r. 1761 - 1782)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Possibly England or Mysore, Southern India, end of 18th - early 19th century

Opaque pigments and white wash on paper, portraying the Sultan of Mysore, Hyder Ali Khan, seated against a large cushion on top of a hill, in front of him a military camp with one of the tents with a striped flag, possibly the painter's interpretation of the flag of Mysore, the subject and pose inspired from an engraving of the Sultan sitting in his durbar produced for The European Magazine (1782 - 1826), glazed and once mounted, 7cm diam.

A copy of the engraving Hyder Ally (Ali) Khan, 1722 - 1782. Ruler of Mysore (sitting in his Durbar) that inspired this miniature can be seen in the National Galleries of Scotland Online Archive (inv. no. UP K 34).