TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, MID-19TH CENTURY

This painting is very similar to a painted wall mural of Shivaji II in the Maratha durbar hall in the Thanjavur palace. Raja Shivaji (r.1832-1855), of the Bhonsle dynasty, was the son of Raja Serfoji II, and the last Maratha ruler of Thanjavur (formerly known as Tanjore).