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Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin

(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)

Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding, Raghugarh, India, c.1700 (Museum No: LI118.34)
Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IIIfront

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Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar III

  • loan

  • Description

    In this posthumous portrait the Maharaja sits on an ivory chair of European design. A Victorian lamp fitting appears against the vivid green ground, itself an imported Western pigment. Having been relieved of his responsibilities as ruler by the British in 1831, Maharaja Krishnaraja (1794-1868) devoted much of his reign to devising ingenious new chess puzzles and board and card games.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › south India › Karnataka › south Karnataka › Mysore (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1870
    Associated people
    probably Krishnaraja Wodeyar III, Maharaja of Mysore (ruled 1799 - 1868) (subject)
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 74 x 62.4 x 2.8 cm (height x width x depth)
    sheet 55.6 x 47 cm (height x width)
    painting 51.6 x 42.8 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.42

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 48 on p. 118, illus. p. 119

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    • Returned to lender

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