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Painting

ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a Hill ruler (almost certainly Rajah Fateh Chand of Kangra, brother of Sansar Chand), smoking.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Hill prince smoking, opaque watercolour on paper, Sikh, Punjab Plain, ca. 1840
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a Hill ruler (almost certainly Rajah Fateh Chand of Kangra, brother of Sansar Chand), smoking.
Dimensions
  • Height: 219mm (maximum)
  • Width: 156mm (maximum)
27/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A Hill ruler (almost certainly Rajah Fateh Chand of Kangra, brother of Sansar Chand), smoking.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
Production
Sikh
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Paintings of the Sikhs / W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1966 pp.144-145, cat. no. 22, fig. 47.
Collection
Accession number
IS.190-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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