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Equestrian portrait of Maharaja Dhian Singh
Indian, Pahari
about 1840–50
Object Place: Punjab Plains, India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 29.2 x 23.8 cm (11 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.)
Image: 20.8 x 15.3 cm (8 3/16 x 6 in.)
Image: 20.8 x 15.3 cm (8 3/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.56
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsReverse: at top, G: shabih-i-mubarak maharaja dhian sing ju; raja kalan bahadur. wa raja hira singh ju, jamwan. (the auspicious portrait of Maharaja dhian singh ju also called the 3rd raja and...
In English: "Rs 45/ Delhi / Painted almost 30 years ago"
In English: "Rs 45/ Delhi / Painted almost 30 years ago"
ProvenanceBy 1915, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1915, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: January 7, 1915)