A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Indian art by J. C. Harle and Andrew Topsfield (published Oxford, 1987).
Bhim Singh (r.1778-1828) is shown unusually by his leading painter Chokha, bare-chested and in a nonchalant stance, with a hawk perched on his finger.
Harle, J. C., and Andrew Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), no. 90 on p. 81, pl. 17 (colour) & p. 81
Topsfield, Andrew, Indian Paintings from Oxford Collections, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum in association with the Bodleian Library, 1994), no. 37 on p. 76, p. 6, illus. p. 77
Bradford: Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, 24 September-27 December 1988, and London: Zamana Gallery, 13 April-25 June 1989, A Golden Treasury: Jewellery from the Indian Subcontintent, Susan Stronge, Nima Smith, and J. C. Harle, eds., Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Art series (London: Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Mapin, 1988), illus. 36
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