English: Bahadur Shah and Zinat Mahal, his youngest and favorite wife, shortly before 1857 (The Indian Empire, London, c.1858); *a very large, uncolored version of the Zafar portrait*; the Zafar portrait is entitled: "Mahomed Suraj-oo-Deen Shah Gazee, Titular King of Delhi, born 1773 & proclaimed rebel King of Delhi May 11th 1857; dethroned and captured Sept. 20 1857; from a miniature painted on ivory by the portrait painter to the King of Delhi; a beautiful specimen of native art. The London Printing and Publishing Company Ltd."
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