View of the Palace of Nawab Shuja-ud-daula, Lucknow, from the River Gumti (U.P.). 14-16 August 1789

View of the palace of nawab shuja-ud-daula, lucknow, from the river gumti (u. P. ) 14-16 august 1789 pencil and water-colour drawing of the view of the palace of the nawab shuja-ud-daula at lucknow, from the river gumti, dated 14-16 august 1789. Inscribed on the front of the mount in pencil (not original inscriptions): '95a. 5705 lucknow. ' this sketch appears to have provided the background for 'oriental scenery,' part 3, plate 16. Lucknow was the capital of the province of oudh, a large province of the mughal empire from which it had become almost independent. The nawab sujah-ud-daula spent the first eleven years of his reign in that beautiful and flourishing town and built himself a palace with an extended colonnade, overlooking the river gumti, between 1754 and 1764. Shelfmark: wd189. Item number: 189. Part 3, plate 16. Object Type: drawing. Date: 1789. Dimensions: height: 33.2 cm (13 in); width: 50.5 cm (19.8 in). Medium: watercolor. Depicted Place: Lucknow.