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title: Bracelet with Mughal Miniature Portraits
author: The Walters Art Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17936/bracelet-with-mughal-miniature-portraits/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2023-09-26
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# Bracelet with Mughal Miniature Portraits

_Authored by The Walters Art Museum_

## Image File

[![Bracelet with Mughal Miniature Portraits](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17936.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17936.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) bracelet with miniature portraits of three Mughal emperors and their royal wives, watercolors on ivory by Indian Mughal miniaturists in Delhi (1860-1870).

The third oval from the left is a portrait of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar (r. 1837-57, d. 1862). The fourth oval is a portrait of Arjumand Banu Begam, also known as Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58).

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

## Bibliography

- [Bracelet with Portrait Miniatures | The Walters Art Museum](https://art.thewalters.org/detail/14966/bracelet-with-portrait-miniatures/ "Bracelet with Portrait Miniatures | The Walters Art Museum"), accessed 25 Sep 2023.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. W. A. (2023, September 26). Bracelet with Mughal Miniature Portraits. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17936/bracelet-with-mughal-miniature-portraits/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Walters Art. "Bracelet with Mughal Miniature Portraits." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 26, 2023. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17936/bracelet-with-mughal-miniature-portraits/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Walters Art. "Bracelet with Mughal Miniature Portraits." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Sep 2023, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17936/bracelet-with-mughal-miniature-portraits/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://art.thewalters.org/detail/14966/bracelet-with-portrait-miniatures/) by **The Walters Art Museum**. Submitted by [Malyka](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ms/ "User Page: Malyka"), published on 26 September 2023. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.