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Raja Sansar Chand and Anirudh Chand

Drawing
ca. 1796 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kangra (made)

Brush drawing on paper with areas of watercolour, depicting Maharaja Sunsar Chand (1775-1823) walking with his son Anirudh Chand.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Drawings
Royalty
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
TitleRaja Sansar Chand and Anirudh Chand (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Brush drawing on paper with areas of watercolour
Ink
Paint
Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Brush drawing, Raja Sansar Chand and Anirudh Chand, ink and watercolour on paper, Kangra, ca. 1796
Physical description
Brush drawing on paper with areas of watercolour, depicting Maharaja Sunsar Chand (1775-1823) walking with his son Anirudh Chand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 289mm (maximum)
  • Width: 200mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 210mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 157mm (maximum)
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Maharaja Sunsar Chand (1775-1823) walking with his son Anirudh Chand.
Styles
Kangra
Pahari
Marks and inscriptions
'The Portraits of Maharaja Sunsar Chand and his son Rau Unrood Chund taken 24 years ago. July 18, 1820. William Moorcroft.' (handwritten on object)
Object history
From the collection of A. Pendrill Charles. Purchased, 1950
Subjects depicted
Ruler
Raja Sansar Chand
Anirudh Chand
Bibliographic references
  • W. G. Archer, Indian Painting in the Punjab Hills, V&A Monograph no. 3, fig. 52.
  • 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. 287, cat. no.18.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.173-1950

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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