AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF MAHARANA JAWAN SINGH (R. 1828–1838)
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, SIGNED TARA, DATED 1837
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, with gold leaf design on dark blue border between black rules, outer black margins on buff album leaf decorated with stenciled floral sprays of green-speckled ground; verso inscribed in black devnagari 'Maharana Jawan Singh riding the horse, by Tara, SV 1894"
Folio 17 7⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (45.4 x 30.8 cm.)
Image 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ in. (23.5 x 15.9 cm.)
AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF MAHARANA JAWAN SINGH (R. 1828–1838)
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, SIGNED TARA, DATED 1837
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, with gold leaf design on dark blue border between black rules, outer black margins on buff album leaf decorated with stenciled floral sprays of green-speckled ground; verso inscribed in black devnagari 'Maharana Jawan Singh riding the horse, by Tara, SV 1894"
Folio 17 7⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (45.4 x 30.8 cm.)
Image 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ in. (23.5 x 15.9 cm.)
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