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Raja Dalip Singh

Painting
ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, portrait of Raja Dalip Singh and a courtier (1695-1741). The raja sits cross-legged on a vertically-striped red dari. He wears a pale yellow patterned jama, tied with a white and gold band. In his ear there is a large, jewelled earring. In his right hand he holds a brown rosary and his left hand rests on a katar (dagger) at his waist. In the foreground a green and gold sword lies, propped against a pale pink cushion. To the right of the picture, in front of the raja, stands a bearded courtier with his hands stretched out, palms together, towards him. He wears a white jama and turban, and in his sash a brownish-orange katar. The blue-grey background extends from the dari to the navy-blue border.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRaja Dalip Singh (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Raja Dalip Singh of Guler receiving courtier, opaque watercolour on paper, Guler, ca. 1750
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, portrait of Raja Dalip Singh and a courtier (1695-1741). The raja sits cross-legged on a vertically-striped red dari. He wears a pale yellow patterned jama, tied with a white and gold band. In his ear there is a large, jewelled earring. In his right hand he holds a brown rosary and his left hand rests on a katar (dagger) at his waist. In the foreground a green and gold sword lies, propped against a pale pink cushion. To the right of the picture, in front of the raja, stands a bearded courtier with his hands stretched out, palms together, towards him. He wears a white jama and turban, and in his sash a brownish-orange katar. The blue-grey background extends from the dari to the navy-blue border.
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 240mm
  • Width: 174mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted border height: 207mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 154mm (maximum)
26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Raja Dalip Singh and a courtier (1695-1741). The raja sits cross-legged on a vertically-striped red dari.
Style
Object history
Formerly in the collection of Major General G. McAndrew, Superintendent of Chamba, 1872-1874.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For other portraits of Raja Dalip Singh, see W. G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, II, p. 103, figs. 20, 21.
Collection
Accession number
IS.26-1974

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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