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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.81
Title
Maharao Ram Singh of Kota with His Consort in a Phaeton, Accompanied by Female Attendants on Foot
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1850-1860
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217553

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, watercolor and opaque watercolor on off-white paper; Rajput Style, Kota School
Dimensions
25.3 x 42 cm (9 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.202.81
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Maharao Ram Singh of Kota (r. 1696-1707) is accompanied by a female consort in a phaeton. In his left hand, Ram Singh holds a khanda, a type of sword distinct to India, over his left shoulder, and in his right, he holds reins. Both the Maharao and his consort bear green halos with yellow rays emanating from it. Near the front of the phaeton is a female attendant carrying a large black shield in one hand and a ceremonial mace in the other. In back of the phaeton are three female attendants, two carry fly whisks while the other carries a matchlock gun. Rajput Style, Kota School.

Publication History

  • William G. Archer, Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah (London, 1959), fig. 51
  • Milo Cleveland Beach, Rajput Painting at Bundi and Kotah, Artibus Asiae Publishers (Ascona, Switzerland, 1974), pl. XCVIII, fig. 106
  • Stuart Cary Welch and Kim Masteller, From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2004), pp. 170-171, no. 58

Exhibition History

  • From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from SCWelch, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/2005 - 06/02/2005

Verification Level

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