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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;April07, post: 465989, member: 7302&quot;]Look <a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432235/one-of-eleven-bust-portraits-painting-unknown/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432235/one-of-eleven-bust-portraits-painting-unknown/" rel="nofollow">http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432235/one-of-eleven-bust-portraits-painting-unknown/</a></p><p>As far as I remember these particular type of portraits became popular when the East India Company took over the Mughal empire. Shortly after that, in the 2nd half of 19th century, this type of portraits were used as a diplomatic tool and were often produced in the European style rather than in traditional Mughal style. Yours looks earlier, I think[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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