Maharao Ram Singh II

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kota (made)

Brush drawing, ink and watercolour on paper, Maharao Ram Singh II, ruler of Kota (1828-66) is shown on elephant-back with retainers on other elephants, riding through the town during the Spring festival of Holi. He is firing a ball of coloured paint towards women who are throwing coloured water on him from a balcony.

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Categories	Drawings Royalty Paintings Animals and Wildlife Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Drawing
Title	Maharao Ram Singh II (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Drawn and painted with brush in ink and opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Drawn Painted
Brief description	Brush drawing, Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota playing Holi on elephant-back, ink and watercolour on paper, Kota, ca. 1850
Physical description	Brush drawing, ink and watercolour on paper, Maharao Ram Singh II, ruler of Kota (1828-66) is shown on elephant-back with retainers on other elephants, riding through the town during the Spring festival of Holi. He is firing a ball of coloured paint towards women who are throwing coloured water on him from a balcony.
Content description	Maharao Ram Singh II, ruler of Kota (1828-66) is shown on elephant-back with retainers on other elephants, riding through the town during the Spring festival of Holi. He is firing a ball of coloured paint towards women who are throwing coloured water on him from a balcony.
Style	Rajasthani
Subjects depicted	Elephant Ruler Festival Maharao Ram Singh (II) Holi
Bibliographic reference	Archer, W.G. Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah Cat. no. 16, p. 55.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.57-1942

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Record created	July 1, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O81857/maharao-ram-singh-ii-drawing-unknown/

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