Maharajah Duleep Singh (1838-93) as a child, seated against a bolster on a terrace under a canopy, an attendant standing behind him with a flywhisk
Punjab, circa 1845-50
Punjab, circa 1845-50
gouache and gold on paper, in a painted oval, inner border with floral motifs on a blue ground, the outer border with an orange cartouche within a yellow ground, in mount
283 x 240 mm.
283 x 240 mm.
Sold for
£9,600
inc. premium
Footnotes
- In Paintings of the Sikhs (London 1966, p. 174), W. G. Archer comments: 'In Sikh mythology and folklore, Dalip [sic] seems to have remained for ever "the child maharaja". However, the especially diminutive stature of the Maharajah in this painting would seem to indicate that it was executed around the time of his childhood or soon afterwards. C. S. Hardinge, Governor-General, published his Recollections of India in 1847: one of the illustrations depicts a very young Duleep Singh of approximately the same age as the figure in the present lot (reproduced in Archer, op. cit, fig. 67).
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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