Emperor Aurangzeb with one of his sons, probably Prince A'zam Shah, holding a falcon, India, Mughal, second half 17th century

From an album assembled by Colonel John MacGregor Murray, Bart (1745-1822), Bengal and Scotland

Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1959, lot 117, no.29

Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York

Sotheby's, London, 21 April 1980, lot 138

Ex-collection Jeremy and Britta Lloyd, London

Oliver Forge & Brendan Lynch, London, 2011

Christie's, New York, Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence, 19 June 2019, lot 257

John MacGregor Murray, who acquired this painting along with several others in the late eighteenth century, was commissioned in to the Bengal Establishment of the East India Company in 1771, rising to the rank of Colonel in 1787. He was an influential and respected military administrator and among the appointments he held was the post of Military Auditor-General. He was also vice-president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. In 1795 he was awarded a baronetcy and retired to Scotland in 1798, where he became Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire (see The East India Military Calendar, Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, London, 1824, pp.461-3). The album of paintings he assembled in India was sold at auction in these rooms, 15 June 1959, lot 117, acquired by Hagop Kevorkian and subsequently dispersed. This leaf was sold again at Sotheby’s, 21 April 1980, lot 138.

J.P. Losty, Indian Miniature Paintings from the Lloyd Collection, exhibition catalogue, Oliver Forge & Brendan Lynch, London & New York, 2011, no. 8