Lot Essay
Tukoji Rao Holkar II, Maharajah of Indore (1832-1886) succeeded to the throne at the age of 12 under a regency council until he was granted full power in 1852, at the age of 20.
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Portrait of His Highness the Maharajah Holkar of Indore, seated full length on a cushion
Details
George Landseer (1834-1878)
Portrait of His Highness the Maharajah Holkar of Indore, seated full length on a cushion
signed, dated and titled 'H.H the MAHARAJAH of INDORE. George Landseer. 1861.' on the reverse and further titled 'His Highness Maharajah Holkar of Indore.' on the remains of a paper label on the stretcher
oil on canvas
23¾ x 17¼ in. (60.3 x 43.9 cm.)
Portrait of His Highness the Maharajah Holkar of Indore, seated full length on a cushion
signed, dated and titled 'H.H the MAHARAJAH of INDORE. George Landseer. 1861.' on the reverse and further titled 'His Highness Maharajah Holkar of Indore.' on the remains of a paper label on the stretcher
oil on canvas
23¾ x 17¼ in. (60.3 x 43.9 cm.)
Provenance
The Harewood Charitable Trust; sale, Christie's, 26 July 1985, lot 252 (part).
The Ehrenfeld Collection; sale, Sotheby's London (Nineteenth Century Photographs of India: The Ehrenfeld Collection), 25 May 2005, lot 391.
The Ehrenfeld Collection; sale, Sotheby's London (Nineteenth Century Photographs of India: The Ehrenfeld Collection), 25 May 2005, lot 391.
Exhibited
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Interaction of Cultures: Indian and Western Paintings (1780-1910) from the Ehrenfeld Collection, February-May 1998.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Reverie and Reality: Nineteenth-Century Photographs of India from the Ehrenfeld Collection, September 2003-March 2004.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Reverie and Reality: Nineteenth-Century Photographs of India from the Ehrenfeld Collection, September 2003-March 2004.
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