Maharaja Ranjit Singh
ca. 1840
Unknown
SSEA
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, dressed entirely in green, rides a white stallion with henna-dyed fetlocks and a crimson saddle-cloth edged with yellow. He faces right. An attendant with orange turban, yellow shawl and white jama, holds a crimson parasol over the maharaja's head. The foreground is green; the background a pale greyish blue with blue sky at the top.
- Maker/Artist
- Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Medium
- opaque watercolour, gold, paper, paint, painted
- Locations
- region: Punjab Plains
- Dimensions
- Height: 20.3 cm Width: 13.4 cm Height: 26.1 cm Width: 19.7 cm Height: 202 mm Width: 133 mm Height: 263 mm Width: 197 mm
- Departments
- SSEA
- Accession Number
- IM.56-1936
- Credit Line
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