[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c20.s2.58 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s2.58 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s2.58 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s2.58) country in the world possesses a better series of portraits of the men who made history. Pictures of this class are so numerous, and so many of such excellence, that it is difficult to make a representative selection. One of the most interesting early portraits is that of Akbar as an elderly man, standing leaning on his sword; the costume is tinted in pale colours with a little gold. The artist's name is not known (Plate CXXII). - [Previous: c20.s2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s2.56) - [Next: c20.s2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s2.59) - [Up: c20.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s2.58) · Pramāṇa