The only known photograph of great poet, #Ghalib -belonged to Mrs. Santosh Mathur, great-granddaughter of Babu Shiv Narain, who was a friend of Ghalib's; it is now in a private collection in Allahabad
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This lithographed line drawing accompanied the 'Kulliyat-e Ghalib' published in 1863 by Naval Kishor Press.
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A portrait of Ghalib that was found by the British among Bahadur Shah's possessions after the Rebellion; it has been dated to 1856.
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Ghalib as imagined by the modern Pakistani artist and calligrapher Sadiqain, in a commemorative calendar issued in 1969
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