Shah Abbas at the British Museum – Persia’s golden age
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Shah Abbas lived at the same time as Elizabeth I, and like her, presided over a flowering of the arts. In fact, as this exhibition shows, he even communicated with her, and employed an Englishman, Sir Robert Shirley, to modernise his army. There’s a fine portrait of Sir Robert – looking very much the perfect Elizabethan gentleman, with his white boots and spurs and starched lace collar, until you look closely and see he’s wearing a turban and his suit is made of fine Persian tapestry.
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February 18th, 2009 | Andrea Kirkby | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: British Museum, exhibitions, shah abbas
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