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111 111 SIXTEEN PORTRAITS OF RAJPUT RULERS RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY Transparent pigments heightened with gold on paper, bust portraits, including the Maharaja of Jodhpur, Jaswant Singh (r.1873-1895), many rulers heavily bejewelled, each painted on a folio within an oval or rectangular frame, with pencil identifcation inscriptions, mounted Each 4æ x 3√in. (12 x 9.8cm.) approximately. £4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,500 €5,000-7,500 112 MAHARAJA GEORGE JIVAJIRAO SCINDIA AS A BOY WEARING THE GWALIOR EMERALDS WOLFRAM ONSLOW-FORD, INDIA, MAY 1923 Oil on board, the young prince depicted wearing a large emerald and pearl necklace with a wide-brimmed turban, set against a mountainous Deccani landscape, framed Painting 17Ω x 12in. (44.4 x 30.3cm.) £3,000-4,000 $4,300-5,700 €3,800-5,000 Maharaja George Jivajirao Scindia of Gwalior (r.1925-48) was known for his passion for toy cars and trains. He famously installed a silver train in the Jai Villas Palace to serve condiments to his guests at mealtimes. This portrait depicts the prince in his youth shortly before his accession. 112
113 MAHARAJA BAHADUR SHRI SHRI ISHWARI PRASAD NARAYAN SINGH OF BENARES NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1889 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the Maharaja riding a large brown stallion with an ornate animal lattice saddle cover with a dog in front and army oficers behind, a tent crowned with a golden statue of a lady holding a standard with a fsh, a river with steamboats and a cityscape behind with steps leading down to the river and a large mosque, set inside polychrome foral borders reserved against gold ground Painting 12º x 16Ωin. (31.2 x 41.2cm.); folio 16¿ x 20¿in. (40.8 x 50.8cm.) £7,000-10,000 $10,000-14,000 €8,800-12,000 The inscription translates as: ‘Portrait of Khurshid […] Shri Maharaja Ish[wa]ri Prasad Narayan Singh Bahadur Kashi Naresh on a horse […] Murad […] Oficer […] and Ghulam Husayn the attendant at his stirrup and a dog [...] .‘ Maharaja Shri Shri Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh (r.1835-89), was granted the title of Maharaja in 1889 for staying loyal to the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Unfortunately he passed away shortly after being granted the title. 114 A COMPANY SCHOOL STUDY FOR PAINTINGS OF DERVISHES AND SMITHS SCHOOL OF GHULAM ‘ALI, DELHI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1830 Ink and transparent pigments on paper, the verso with a group of seated merchants, two smoking a huqqa, the scene set in a sparse interior, the recto with fve standing fgures, each wearing diferent garments, with numerous Urdu identifcation inscriptions, old losses 10 x 16in. (25.5 x 40.4cm.) £3,000-4,000 $4,300-5,700 €3,800-5,000 Ghulam ‘Ali Khan was one of the foremost Indian artists, based in Delhi, working for the Europeans in India during the frst half of the 19th century. 113 He is known for the work he did both for Colonel Skinner and the Fraser brothers (compiled in the Fraser album), as well as under the patronage of the Mughal court. This was a period which saw the development of the Company school - a realistic style of painting for British residents in India, blending former indigenous methods with European techniques such as watercolour. Local artists adapted their style aiming accurately to document the world around them for their new patrons. Features of this work are reminiscent of Ghulam ‘Ali’s hand. The faces of the characters are depicted realistically but also clearly by an artist trained in the Mughal tradition with the miniaturist’s attention to minute detail. The dervishes identifed in this drawing are (from right to left): 1. ‘Arif ‘Ali Shah, the Rasul Shahi dervish, the traveller 2. ‘Urat-nama Shaykhani, resident of Calcutta, the questioner 3. Muna Shah, the renouncer of worldly concerns, resident of Hapur 4. Bivari Das Biragi ... resident of Narnul 5. Karim Shah ... devotee of the Chishti The other side reads: ‘Smith’s workshop, with instructions for colouring it’. 114 (verso) 114 (recto) 73
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