A GROUP OF FOUR PORTRAITS OF MEWAR RULERS


UDAIPUR, 19TH CENTURY Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Image: 13 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. (35.2 x 25.7 cm), the largest;Folio: 15 x 11 5/8 in. (38 x 29.5 cm), the largest
|The first, a standing portrait of Maharana Sarup Singh, identified by its inscribed verso. The second, an equestrian portrait of Maharana Sajjan Singh. The third, a seated portait of Maharana Surakh Singh, identified by its inscribed verso. The fourth, a posthumous portrait of Ari Singh. Compare with another portrait of Ari Singh in the National Gallery of Victoria, see Topsfield, Paintings from Rajastan, Melbourne, 1980, p.128, no.186. Provenance Collection of George Andrew Spottiswoode (1827-1899), London Thence by descent to the current owner