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Raja Bhup Singh

Painting
ca. 1795 - ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Guler (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Raja Bhup Singh of Guler, with a moustache and faint beard, and a lady with a trailing mauve skirt are reclining together wrapped in an orange quilt and leaning on a large sage-green bolster with cushions on both sides. A huqqa or water pipe is resting beside them as the cord leads up to Raja Bhup Singh's hands.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleRaja Bhup Singh (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painting
Brief description
Painting, Raja Bhup Singh with a rani under a quilt, opaque watercolour on paper, Guler, ca. 1795-1800
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Raja Bhup Singh of Guler, with a moustache and faint beard, and a lady with a trailing mauve skirt are reclining together wrapped in an orange quilt and leaning on a large sage-green bolster with cushions on both sides. A huqqa or water pipe is resting beside them as the cord leads up to Raja Bhup Singh's hands.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 252mm
  • Page width: 162mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 153mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 91mm
26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Raja Bhup Singh of Guler, with a moustache and faint beard, and a lady with a trailing mauve skirt are reclining together wrapped in an orange quilt and leaning on a large sage-green bolster with cushions on both sides. A huqqa or water pipe is resting beside them as the cord leads up to Raja Bhup Singh's hands.
Styles
Guler
Pahari
Gallery label
(2009)
Bhup Singh of Guler with his rani under a quilt
Guler, about 1800
This portrait captures a moment of intimacy as the royal couple embrace under a quilt while sharing a hookah. The artist captures the atmosphere of a cool evening in the Punjab Hills.
Opaque watercolour on paper
V&A: IS.202-1949
Subjects depicted
Quilt
Ruler
Woman
Huqqa
Singh, Raja Bhup
Bibliographic references
  • Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 163, cat. no. 58
  • Jackson, Anna and Jaffer, Amin (eds), with Deepika Ahlawat. Maharaja : the splendour of India's royal courts. London, V&A Publishing, 2009. ISBN.9781851775736 (hbk.), ISBN.1851775730 (hbk.). Plate 121, page 149
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.202-1949

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Record createdDecember 30, 2002
Record URL
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