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Add Or 3178
- Record Id:
- 032-003263888
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003263888
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000151
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3178
- Title:
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Rana Bhim Singh (1778-1828)
- Scope & Content:
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Rana Bhim Singh of Mewar (1778-1828).
Udaipur, c.1820.
Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 29 January 1971.
Inscribed on front in nagari characters:’ Ranaji Bhim Singh’; in Persian: ‘Ra‘na Bhim Singh Bahadur Bhim.’
Line drawing with touches of water-colour.
200 by 128 mm.
Rana Bhim Singh smokes a hookah while riding on horseback. Below is a sketch of a European military officer by another hand.
Note: This drawing was acquired by W.G. Archer from the Patna artist, Ishwari Prasad, in March 1948. It is possible that the sketch of the European officer was added by a Patna painter.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Archer Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003263888
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003263888
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Rajasthan style
Rajasthan/Mewar style - Start Date:
- 1819
- End Date:
- 1821
- Date Range:
- c 1820
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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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), 514i
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bhim Singh, Maharana of Mewar, 1778-1828
- Subjects:
- Portraits