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Miniature of Shah Jahan
19th century
Unknown
Watercolor and gilding on ivory
This miniature portrait is one of three which memorialize Isabella Stewart Gardner’s visit to Agra, India. This one depicts the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (1592-1666) who built the Taj Mahal. Isabella Stewart Gardner traveled extensively in Asia and visited the Taj Mahal in March of 1884. In a letter to her friend Maud Howe, she wrote “The Taj perfect—a pearl.”
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