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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.117
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Maharaja Prithvi Singh of Kishangarh (r. 1841-79) Riding with his Son, Sardul Singh
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
mid 19th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310487

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
43.2 x 33.8 cm (17 x 13 5/16 in.)
framed: 73.98 x 58.74 x 2.22 cm (29 1/8 x 23 1/8 x 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift in gratitude to John Coolidge, Gift of Leslie Cheek, Jr., Anonymous Fund in memory of Henry Berg, Louise Haskell Daly, Alpheus Hyatt, Richard Norton Memorial Funds and through the generosity of Albert H. Gordon and Emily Rauh Pulitzer; formerly in the collection of Stuart Cary Welch, Jr.
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.117
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch and Milo Cleveland Beach, Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks Northern Indian Painting from Two Traditions, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1965), page 110/figure 82
  • Naveen Patnaik and Stuart Cary Welch, A Second Paradise: Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947, Doubleday & Co. (Garden City, NY, 1985), page 119, 184/figure 44

Exhibition History

  • Rajasthani Miniatures: The Welch Collection at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, The Drawing Center, New York, 04/16/1997 - 06/07/1997

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