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Amar Singh of Udaipur

Painting
ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Amar Singh of Udaipur with his two sons, after a 17th century original by Bishndas.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleAmar Singh of Udaipur (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Gold
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Amar Singh of Udaipur with his two sons, after a 17th century original by Bishndas, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1800
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Amar Singh of Udaipur with his two sons, after a 17th century original by Bishndas.
Dimensions
  • Cardboard mount onto which object is attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object height: 426mm
  • Cardboard mount onto which object is attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object width: 316mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 218mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 148mm
29/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Painting Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Amar Singh of Udaipur with his two sons.
Style
Mughal
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage
Object history
Part of the bequest of the Right Honourable Harriet Sarah Baroness Wantage, of Locking House, Wantage Berks, widow of the first and last Baron Wantage, V.C., K.C.B., V.D.

R.P. 1920-8342, 1920-5869, 1921-3081, 1921-177
Production
After a 17th century original by Bishndas.
Subjects depicted
Ruler
Sons
Canopy
Hawk
Amar Singh
Bibliographic reference
Clarke, C. Stanley; Indian Drawings: Thirty Mogul Paintings of the School of Jehangir and Four Panels of Calligraphy ini the Wantage Bequest. London 1922 No. 28, pl. 19
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.119-1921

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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