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Add Or 2602
- Record Id:
- 032-003263819
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003263819
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00010c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 2602
- Title:
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Raja Devendra Singh of Nabha (1840-46)
- Scope & Content:
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Raja Devendra Singh of Nabha (1840-46).
Punjab Plains, c.1845.
Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Inscribed above in Urdu: ‘tasvir-i raja sahib harar bans sarmur malvindar raja devendra singh sahib bahadur vali-i raj nabha khalaf al-sidq-i raja sahib jaswant singh sarkbasi’ (picture of ... Raja Devendra Singh ... ruler of Nabha, true son of Raja Jaswant Singh deceased).
Gouache with gold; floral and pink borders.
180 by 129 mm; with border 254 by 202 mm.
Raja Devendra Singh is seated in a gold chair with a silver foot-stool, his sword and shield still strapped about him. Two of his courtiers stand in attendance on the terrace. Palace buildings and trees are in the background.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003263819", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 2602: Raja Devendra Singh of Nabha (1840-46)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003263819
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003263819
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Punjab style
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- c 1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 554ii
- Exhibitions:
- The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, Victoria and Album Museum, London, 23 March 1999 - 25 July 1999
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Devendra Singh, Raja of Nabha, 1822-1865
- Subjects:
- Portraits
Sikhs
ethnic and religious groups