Lala Bhagwan Das, Perfume Seller and Money Lender of Shahjahanabad Opaque watercolor on paper, ca. 1820
Reign of Akbar Shah II
Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990:397
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With constantly shifting patronage during the tumultuous decades of the 18th century,
artists sought new patrons in the middle class. As a result, portraits, such as this one,
appear of people who would not have been painted in earlier times.
