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Portrait of Maharaja Bisan Sanhaji (Singhji) seated

19th century
Object PlaceJaipur, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueTracing: ink on skin
Dimensions11.9 x 7.8 cm (4 11/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2963
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsObverse: below figure: Maharaja Bisan Sanhaji (Singhji).
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)