拍品 282
282
JOHNSTON & HOFFMANN

细节
JOHNSTON & HOFFMANN

Autographed portrait of Sir Pertab Singh, the Maharaja of Idar, India, circa 1901

Gelatin silver print, 19¼ x 13½ in., signed in ink by the sitter on recto, mounted on card, printed photographers' credits and India with pencil annotations on mount, matted.
出版
Pal and Dehejia, From Merchants to Emperors, pl. 215.
展览
New York, The Morgan Library and Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From Merchants to Emperors, British Artists and India, 1757-1930, 1986-87.

拍品专文

The Maharaja is shown in formal dress, wearing the Star of India, a Victoria medal and a jewelled portrait of the Queen on his headdress. Sir Pratap (Pertab) Singh (1845-1922), was Chief Minister of Jodhpur from 1878-1902, Maharaja of Idar from 1902-11, when he abdicated, and Regent of Jodhpur from 1911-22.