Thakur Padam Singh
Painting
1721 (made)
1721 (made)
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Padam Singh ruled over the small town of Ghanerao, on the borders between Mewar and Marwar in Rajasthan, from 1720 to 1742. He was an enthusiastic patron of painting, and several portraits of him and his courtiers survive. This one has a rather informal setting, and shows Padam Singh seated in the centre of a group of nobles armed with rifles and daggers, a musician, a bearer with a peacock-feather fan and several dogs. He is facing a female attendant who offers him a wine-cup.
An inscription on the reverse of the painting states that it was done by an artist named Manno in AD 1721, at Ajmer. The style of the painting (which is basically a rather unrefined version of the Jodhpur court style) suggests that Manno was an artist from Ghanerao rather than Ajmer, who perhaps had accompanied his master on a hunting expedition to Ajmer.
An inscription on the reverse of the painting states that it was done by an artist named Manno in AD 1721, at Ajmer. The style of the painting (which is basically a rather unrefined version of the Jodhpur court style) suggests that Manno was an artist from Ghanerao rather than Ajmer, who perhaps had accompanied his master on a hunting expedition to Ajmer.
Object details
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| Title | Thakur Padam Singh (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Thakur Padam Singh of Ghanerao with courtiers, by Manna, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Ajmer, dated 1721 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Raja Padam Singh of Ghanerao seated in an intimate group with several nobles and male attendants, a Brahmin, a musician, a diminuative serving girl, one large and two small dogs. The Thakur, dressed in a transparent white jama, sits against a magenta and green bolster on a floral carpet, with sword and katar in front of him. He and the nobles drink liquor; two of the nobles hold firearms. The foreground is coloured grey, the background muted green. A band of blue sky streaked with white clouds runs along the top. |
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| Content description | Raja Padam Singh of Ghanerao seated in an intimate group with several nobles and male attendants, a Brahmin, a musician, a diminuative serving girl, one large and two small dogs |
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| Object history | For another painting, in the Prince of Wales Museum, said to be of Raja Padam Singh of Ghanerao, see W. G. Archer, Indian miniatures, London, 1960, pl. 57. Also, a standing portrait of Padam Singh was formerly in the collection of Kumar Sangram Singh. |
| Production | The inscription on the reverse states that it was painted by the artist Manna, from Ghanerao, in VS 1778 (AD 1721). |
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| Summary | Padam Singh ruled over the small town of Ghanerao, on the borders between Mewar and Marwar in Rajasthan, from 1720 to 1742. He was an enthusiastic patron of painting, and several portraits of him and his courtiers survive. This one has a rather informal setting, and shows Padam Singh seated in the centre of a group of nobles armed with rifles and daggers, a musician, a bearer with a peacock-feather fan and several dogs. He is facing a female attendant who offers him a wine-cup. An inscription on the reverse of the painting states that it was done by an artist named Manno in AD 1721, at Ajmer. The style of the painting (which is basically a rather unrefined version of the Jodhpur court style) suggests that Manno was an artist from Ghanerao rather than Ajmer, who perhaps had accompanied his master on a hunting expedition to Ajmer. |
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| Accession number | IS.12-1978 |
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| Record created | December 29, 2005 |
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