VINTAGE PORTRAIT OF THE LATE SIR MOHD SHAFI, LAHORE

AUCTION:
RARE HISTORICAL PRINT PUBLISHED BY H. GHULAM MOHD. & SONS, HISTORICAL ART PUBLISHERS, MOCHI GATE, LAHORE
PRINT NUMBER: 619
CIRCA EARLY 20TH CENTURY
DIMENSIONS: STANDARD PRINT SIZE (APPROXIMATE)
CATEGORY: HISTORICAL PORTRAITS / COLONIAL INDIA / PROMINENT FIGURES

DESCRIPTION:
A RARE MONOCHROME PRINT OF THE LATE SIR MOHD SHAFI, A DISTINGUISHED PERSONALITY FROM LAHORE, WHO WAS A NOTABLE FIGURE IN COLONIAL INDIA. THIS VINTAGE PORTRAIT SHOWCASES HIS DIGNIFIED PRESENCE, FORMAL ATTIRE, AND COMMANDING EXPRESSION, REFLECTING THE STYLE OF CLASSICAL STUDIO PORTRAITURE OF THE TIME.

PRINTED BY THE RENOWNED HISTORICAL ART PUBLISHERS H. GHULAM MOHD. & SONS, THIS PIECE REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT VISUAL DOCUMENT OF AN IMPORTANT ERA IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY.

AN EXCELLENT COLLECTIBLE FOR HISTORIANS, COLLECTORS OF COLONIAL MEMORABILIA, OR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE LEGACY OF PRE-INDEPENDENCE LEADERS AND INTELLECTUALS IN THE SUBCONTINENT.