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Maharana Sangram Singh

Painting
1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Udaipur (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, an encampment of Maharana Sangram Singh of Mewar (r. 1710-1734) and his retinue beside the Udai Sagar, a cave about 10 km from Udaipur. The ruler of Mewar, identified by his halo, is seen twice in this painting, shooting arrows at waterfowl and a water-buffalo. An inscription on the reverse of the painting states that the camp is on the shores of lake Udai Sagar near Udaipur. The ruler's private enclosure of red tents is shown, along with lesser enclosures of his servants. Horses, elephants and camels are tethered in the lower part of the encampment.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleMaharana Sangram Singh (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Gold
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, encampment of Maharana Sangram Singh of Mewar, opaque watercolour on paper, Udaipur, 1720
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, an encampment of Maharana Sangram Singh of Mewar (r. 1710-1734) and his retinue beside the Udai Sagar, a cave about 10 km from Udaipur. The ruler of Mewar, identified by his halo, is seen twice in this painting, shooting arrows at waterfowl and a water-buffalo. An inscription on the reverse of the painting states that the camp is on the shores of lake Udai Sagar near Udaipur. The ruler's private enclosure of red tents is shown, along with lesser enclosures of his servants. Horses, elephants and camels are tethered in the lower part of the encampment.
Dimensions
  • Height: 51.3cm
  • Width: 78.5cm
Style
Udaipur
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscriptions on the upper, lower and left borders and on the verso, describing the subject and the location of the scene. )
Transliteration
'vat 1777 re brasat lava udai sagar padharya so pal upre dera hua ne ota upre at sakhadi karai jathe birajya ne bhasa gad ra bakara [?] ota manhe nhavya so hajur thi tiran ri cota ki dhi taya [?] pal upre birajya sanjha re/vaku [?] vagal uda tire tir ti dighi jadi itra thakur hajur betha umed sighji jhalo dolat sigji e ek [?] adi betha ne solanki/ram sigh kamal ra phul le samho ubho ne pacoli lakhaman gudhi uda vene ota upre itra jana hajur tha umed sighji nathji rathod kisan dasji na kuar hisan sighji betha he/maharajadhiraja sri sagram sighji'
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Ruler
Sangram Singh
Bibliographic references
  • Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. ISBN 9787513403917. pps. 158 - 161
  • cat. no. 82 R. M. Amino (ed), Vita di Corte nel Rajasthan, Florence, 1985
  • cat. no. 141 The Indian Heritage, V&A, 1982
  • p. 183-187, fig. 3 A. Topsfield, The Court Painters of Udaipur, in Victoria and Albert Museum Album 1, 1982
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.13-1994

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Record createdMay 31, 2000
Record URL
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