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Equestrian portrait of Maharaja Dhian Singh
Equestrian portrait of Maharaja Dhian Singh

Equestrian portrait of Maharaja Dhian Singh

about 1840–50
Object PlacePunjab Plains, India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
DimensionsOverall: 29.2 x 23.8 cm (11 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.)
Image: 20.8 x 15.3 cm (8 3/16 x 6 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number15.56
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InscriptionsReverse: at top, G: shabih-i-mubarak maharaja dhian sing ju; raja kalan bahadur. wa raja hira singh ju, jamwan. (the auspicious portrait of Maharaja dhian singh ju also called the 3rd raja and...ProvenanceBy 1915, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1915, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: January 7, 1915)