RARE PORTRAIT PRINT OF BABUR THE BRAVE - FOUNDER OF THE MUGHAL EMPIREMEDIUM: LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT ON PAPERCIRCA: EARLY 20TH CENTURY (BASED ON STYLE AND TYPOGRAPHY)DIMENSIONS: APPROX. 7.5 X 10 INCHESCONDITION: VERY GOOD; FAINT AGE PATINA, MINOR EDGE WEARDESCRIPTION:THIS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PRINT DEPICTS ZAHIR-UD-DIN MUHAMMAD BABUR (1483-1530), FOUNDER OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE IN INDIA, ALSO KNOWN AS -BABUR THE BRAVE.” DATED BETWEEN 1526-1530 - THE PERIOD OF HIS RULE OVER NORTHERN INDIA - THE IMAGE IS A CLASSIC PORTRAIT DONE IN A REFINED BLACK-AND-WHITE LITHOGRAPHIC STYLE.

BABUR IS DEPICTED IN TRADITIONAL ROYAL ATTIRE, WEARING A DISTINCTIVE TURBAN ADORNED WITH A PLUME AND A JEWELED BROOCH. THE RENDERING REFLECTS HIS CENTRAL ASIAN ROOTS AND IMPERIAL POSTURE, EVOKING A SENSE OF STRENGTH, STRATEGIC BRILLIANCE, AND NOBILITY. THIS PRINT WAS POSSIBLY USED FOR EDUCATIONAL OR DECORATIVE PURPOSES BY INSTITUTIONS OR EARLY HISTORICAL PRESSES (INDICATED BY -C.S.P.P.”).

AN EXCELLENT ADDITION FOR COLLECTORS OF MUGHAL HISTORY, VINTAGE INDIAN PRINTS, OR THOSE INTERESTED IN HISTORICAL PORTRAITURE FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD.