Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah (r. 1828-66) riding in procession, India, Kotah, circa 1830

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

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Description

Opaque watercolour on cloth

Exhibited

Waddington Galleries Ltd., Indian Paintings, 5th-22nd December 1978

Literature

Waddington Galleries Ltd., Indian Paintings, 5th-22nd December 1978, no. 39, illustrated on the front cover

Catalogue Note

Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah lead a colourful and well documented reign with his travels and excursions pictorially recorded by his court artist and atelier. Maharao Ram Singh II's visit to Delhi in 1842 is discussed in detail and illustrated by Stuart Cary Welch in India, Art and Culture: 1300-1900, New York, 1985, pp.429-431, no.285.

A copy of the Waddington Galleries Indian Paintings 1978 catalogue is included with this lot