Live Auction 17707Topographical Pictures including Selections from the Kelton Collection
George Landseer (1834-1878)
Lot 101

George Landseer (1834-1878)

Portrait of H. H. the Maharaja Tukoji Rao II Holkar of Indore, seated small full-length on a cushion

Closed29 October 2019

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George Landseer (1834-1878)
Portrait of H. H. the Maharaja Tukoji Rao II Holkar of Indore, seated small full-length on a cushion
signed, titled and dated 'H.H the MAHARAJAH of INDORE. / George Landseer. / 1861.' on the reverse, further titled on the remains of an old label on the stretcher
oil on canvas
23 7/8 x 17 ½in. (60.6 x 44.4cm.)

The Harewood Charitable Trust; Christie's, London, 26 July 1985, lot 252 (part).
with Richard Feigen, New York.
The Ehrenfeld Collection; Sotheby's, London, 25 May 2005, lot 391.
Anon. sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 9 Oct. 2012, lot 268.
with Amir Mohtashemi, 2016.

Specialist note

The artist (Sir Edwin Landseer’s nephew) travelled to India in 1859 and spent fifteen years on the subcontinent. He accompanied Lord Canning (the Governor-General of India 1856-1862) on his tour of Kashmir in 1860. The Holkar Dynasty ruled a princely state in Central India under the protectorate of British India. The Maharaja portrayed here is Tukoji Rao Holkar II, Maharaja of Indore (1832-1886).