MAXIM GAUCI (MALTESE, 1774 - 1854)
HIS EXCELLENCY MIRZA ABUL HASSAN KHAN AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY

hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Mr. Mozer, paper browned, staining at foot, sheet 515 x 360mm, 1819.

***Mirza Abu’l-Hasan Khan was Fath Ali Shah’s ambassador to the United Kingdom. On his second mission to London (when this portrait was painted) he delivered a gold dish to the directors of the British East India Company.