Lot Essay
Pratap Singh was the last of the former Punjab princes to have ruled his home state as Maharaja of Nabha, in North India, before it was merged into the Union of Indian States after the independence in 1948.
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SIGNED KATHLEEN GOODMAN, INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA PRATAP SINGH OF NABHA
SIGNED KATHLEEN GOODMAN, INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on ivory, wearing a white turban with sarpech set with diamonds and hanging emeralds, a gilt tunic and heavy necklaces of diamonds and pearls, framed and glazed
3 ¾ X 3in. ( 9.6 x 7.8cm.)
SIGNED KATHLEEN GOODMAN, INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on ivory, wearing a white turban with sarpech set with diamonds and hanging emeralds, a gilt tunic and heavy necklaces of diamonds and pearls, framed and glazed
3 ¾ X 3in. ( 9.6 x 7.8cm.)
Literature
Published in Raymond Lister, The British Miniature, Sir Isaac Pitmann & Sons, 1951
Exhibited
Exhibited at the Society of Watercolor Artists Royal Institute Galleries, 195 Piccadilly London
Special notice
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