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Add Or 5256
- Record Id:
- 032-003264108
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00022d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5256
- Title:
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Portrait of Maharaja Surat Singh of Bikaner (reg. 1788-1828) standing facing left. Artist(s): Bakhtavar (fl. 1821)
- Scope & Content:
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Portrait of Maharaja Surat Singh of Bikaner (reg.1788-1828) standing facing left, his right hand pointing in that direction and his left hand holding the pommel of a sword, dressed in a long white jama with a small gold floral design, and a long gold ‘dupatta’ wound round his body, and wearing an elaborate turban; he is standing on a terrace with a flowered carpet, with a garden beyond the marble balustrade.
By the Jaipur artist Bakhtavar, 1821-22.
Inscribed above in white ink in Rajasthani: ‘sibi rajarajesvara maharajadhiraja maharajasiromani maharaja sri Surat Simhaji ri kam jaipuriya Bakhtavar ro sam. 1878 miti kati bada 14.’
Opaque water-colour heightened with gold; 243 by 159 mm. within painted yellow, pink and green frames; size of album page 273 by 189 mm.
Purchased 1996.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264108
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264108
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Rajasthan style
Rajasthan/Jaipur style - Start Date:
- 1821
- End Date:
- 1822
- Date Range:
- 1821-1822
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bakhtavar, artist, fl 1821
Surat Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, 1788-1828 - Subjects:
- Portraits