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Maharaja Madho Singh at a jharoka balcony
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Description
Large of bulk and luxuriantly moustached, Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh (r.1751-1768) was depicted many times by his court artists. Here he appears framed within a jharoka window or balcony, in which rulers would show themselves ceremonially to their subjects.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › Jaipur (place of creation)Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › south Rajasthan › Udaipur › City Palace in Udaipur (former location)
- Date
- c. 1760
- Associated people
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Madho Singh I, Maharaja of Jaipur (ruled 1751 - 1768) (subject)Madho Singh I, Maharaja of Jaipur (ruled 1751 - 1768) (commissioner)
- Material and technique
- gouache with gold on paper
- Dimensions
- page 26.6 x 21.4 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, 2004.
- Accession no.
- EA2004.22
Location
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- currently in research collection
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