A PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA JAGAT SINGH II OF MEWAR Possibly Udaipur school, North Western India, late 19th century Opaque pigments, grey tones, black ink and gold on paper, the vertical composition a homage to Maharaja Jagat Singh II (1709 - 1751), dressed in courtly attire and heavily bejewelled, holding an encrusted katar (push dagger) in his sash, a long tulwar (sword) with golden handle and a dhal (shield) to his side, the verso with an inscription in black ink Devanagari script ' MAHARAJA JAGAT SINGH JI ' and an ownership seal in Persian, the portrait set within grey rules and mounted on a cream cardboard, 39cm x 24.3cm including the frame. For a very similar tinted drawing of Jagat Singh II, portrayed in the same attire and with similar turban ornaments and jewellery, please see Bonhams New York, 16 March 2015, lot 78.