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Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh riding
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Description
In this formal equestrian portrait, Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh (r.1778-1803) rides the caparisoned horse Dhajrao, against a plain coloured ground. His attendant bearing a chowry (yak-tail fan) has almost disappeared behind the horse.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › Jaipur (place of creation)
- Date
- 1782 - 1785
- Artist/maker
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Ramji Das (active c. 1755 - c. 1785) (artist)
- Associated people
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Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jaipur (ruled 1778 - 1803) (subject)Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jaipur (ruled 1778 - 1803) (commissioner)
- Material and technique
- gouache with gold and silver on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 55.5 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
painting 37.9 x 26.7 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › gold,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1992.
- Accession no.
- EA1992.115
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Further reading
Topsfield, Andrew, Indian Paintings from Oxford Collections, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum in association with the Bodleian Library, 1994), no. 36 on p. 74, illus. p. 75
Location
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- currently in research collection
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