Padam Singh
Painting
1847 (made)
1847 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, an equestrian portrait of Raj Singh of Sitamau. He is surrounded by numerous attendants and courtiers. The Raja is dressed in mainly white costume and white turban with gold edgings, and is seated on a white charger. According to one of the many short inscriptions on the red borders, he is 59 years old. The foreground is in variegated shades of green, with small flowers and pink rocky outcrops, the background predominantly plain green with a distant line of hills, a townscape by a river to the left, and a multicoloured landscape above.
Object details
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| Title | Padam Singh (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque water-colour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Raja Padam Singh of Sitamau on horseback with retainers, by Pyar Chand, Sitamau, dated 1847 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, an equestrian portrait of Raj Singh of Sitamau. He is surrounded by numerous attendants and courtiers. The Raja is dressed in mainly white costume and white turban with gold edgings, and is seated on a white charger. According to one of the many short inscriptions on the red borders, he is 59 years old. The foreground is in variegated shades of green, with small flowers and pink rocky outcrops, the background predominantly plain green with a distant line of hills, a townscape by a river to the left, and a multicoloured landscape above. |
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| Content description | An equestrian portrait of Raj Singh of Sitamau. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Devanagari inscriptions along the upper and lower border of the painting, undeciphered, including a reference to Raj Singh's age. ) |
| Object history | Bought from the dealer Mark Zebrowski who brought it into the UK on a flight from Munich on 12 February 1978 (RF MA/1/Z28: letter to Robert Skelton dated 25 April 1978). Other works by Far Chand include an 1823 equestrian portrait in the collection of Mrs Rochlin (in 1978). |
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| Accession number | IS.13-1978 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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