Lot Essay
Ranbir Singh (1830-85) ascended the throne of Jammu and Kashmir in 1857. For other portraits of the Maharaja see Susan Stronge (ed.), The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, 1999, pp. 24-25, pl. 18.
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INDIA, LAHORE, COMPANY SCHOOL, MID-19TH CENTURY
Details
A double portrait of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir (1830-85) and Maharaja Duleep Singh (1838-93)
India, Lahore, Company School, mid-19th century
Maharaja Ranbir Singh seated on a princely chair decorated with lion's heads, wearing a white turban with jewelled sarpech, the reverse with a pencil portrait of young Maharaja Duleep Singh, leaning against a bolster and wearing a turban with jewelled sarpech, with studies of gaddis with sheep around, watermarked Inders, with nasta'liq and devanagari inscriptions
Pencil and opaque pigments on paper
7 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.8 x 13.6 cm.)
India, Lahore, Company School, mid-19th century
Maharaja Ranbir Singh seated on a princely chair decorated with lion's heads, wearing a white turban with jewelled sarpech, the reverse with a pencil portrait of young Maharaja Duleep Singh, leaning against a bolster and wearing a turban with jewelled sarpech, with studies of gaddis with sheep around, watermarked Inders, with nasta'liq and devanagari inscriptions
Pencil and opaque pigments on paper
7 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.8 x 13.6 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, London, acquired at Bonhams London, 17 April 2007, lot 348
Private collection, London, acquired at Bonhams London, 17 April 2007, lot 348