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Portrait of Samaratha Singh

19th century
Object PlaceJaipur, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueTracing: ink on skin
Dimensions13.1 x 10.4 cm (5 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.3021
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsObverse: beneath figure: Samaratha Singh.
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)