MAHARAJA TAKHAT SINGH OUT HUNTING TIGERS
JODHPUR, NORTH INDIA, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the nimbate Maharaja Takhat Singh takes aim at a tiger from atop an elephant and flanked by attendants identified with devanagari inscriptions as Dasmat Singh and Kisor Singh on either side, set in a rocky wooded landscape with an army in the upper left hand corner and a city on the horizon beyond, inside red margins with yellow rules
Painting 14 x 16½in. (35.3 x 41.8cm.)
MAHARAJA TAKHAT SINGH OUT HUNTING TIGERS
JODHPUR, NORTH INDIA, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the nimbate Maharaja Takhat Singh takes aim at a tiger from atop an elephant and flanked by attendants identified with devanagari inscriptions as Dasmat Singh and Kisor Singh on either side, set in a rocky wooded landscape with an army in the upper left hand corner and a city on the horizon beyond, inside red margins with yellow rules
Painting 14 x 16½in. (35.3 x 41.8cm.)