Sultan Alau'd-Din shoots a Rat; the Queen writes to Mahima; the Sultan boasts of his prowess

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Sultan Alau'd-Din shoots a Rat; the Queen writes to Mahima; the Sultan boasts of his prowess

Attributed to: The Family of Nainsukh

Indian, Pahari

first quarter 19th century (about 1800–25)

Object Place: Kangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India

Medium/Technique Ink on primed paper

Dimensions Overall: 25.3 x 34 cm (9 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Image: 19.4 x 28 cm (7 5/8 x 11 in.)

Credit Line Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection

Accession Number17.2421

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsObverse: at top, in Devanagari, page number "2".

ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)