Sheldon Inglis Williams (1870-1940)

The Procession of the Maharaja of Alwar

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Sheldon Inglis Williams (1870-1940)
The Procession of the Maharaja of Alwar
signed and dated 'SHELDON-WILLIAMS.03.' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
13.5/8 x 19¾ in. (34.6 x 50.2 cm.)
Provenance
with Eyre & Greig, London.
Exhibited
London, Walker's Gallery, 1938.

Lot Essay

The Maharajah of Alwar, Jai Singh, acceded to power in 1903. The present view of his procession was presumably executed to commemorate the festivities.
According to a note on the reverse of the frame a treaty of alliance with the British was signed in November 1803 and as a result the Maharaja was entitled to a 15 gun salute on official occasions.

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