Browse DSIDetails of the item << Previous Next >> Mansur Ustad U. M. ; Ustād Mansūr / Nadir al-Asr ; 1570 c. 1621 or later India prince, later king Jahangir, who had strong interests in natural history ; court artist of Indian (Mughal) Emperors Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar(1542-1605)&Jehangir (r.1605-1627) who called him Nadir-ul-Asar(wonder of the age) ornithological, animal, mammal, and botanical drawing and painting ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustad_Mansur ; www.incois.gov.in/Tutor/science+society/lectures/illustrations/lecture19/ustadmansur.html ; Indian Mus. Kolkata ; National Mus. Delhi ; Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Mus. Jaipur ; Chatrapati Sivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya Mumbai ; AKL ;ThB 24 1930: 37 ; W. Blunt: Mughal Painters of Natural History, Burlington Magazin 90(1948): 48-50 ; S. P. Verma: Mughal Painter of Flora &Fauna UM 1999 ; Dance 1989: 15 ; Indian Botanical Paintings 1980: 8 & 12 ; accompanied king Jahangir on many expeditions, who gave him the title of "Nadir al-Asr" (Wonder of the Age) 72287872
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