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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 Ranjit Singh in a bazaarfront

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh in a bazaar

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  • Description

    Maharaja Ranjit Singh (r.1801-1839), the charismatic Sikh leader, rides an elephant through a Lahore bazaar. In the foreground Hindu ascetics converse with a yellow-clad Akali Sikh and a Jain monk wearing a mouth-cloth to protect any insects from harm. Behind, craftsmen fashion gold and silver thread, while a father and sons admire kites and balls of twine in a kite-seller’s shop. This scene of bazaar life may have been painted for a French officer at the Sikh court.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Pakistan › Punjab province › Punjab plains › Lahore (place of creation)
    Date
    1840 - 1845
    Associated people
    Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Punjab (ruled 1801 - 1839) (subject)
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 28.1 x 31.4 x 2.2 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 16.7 x 20.2 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.110

  • 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. 77 on p. 180, p. 18, illus. p. 181

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    • Returned to lender

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