Maharajah Sher Singh with women at a village well Kangra or Guler, circa 1830-40 gouache and gold on paper, inner blue border with gold floral motifs, pink outer border 300 x 244 mm. Footnotes: The composition derives from earlier examples of the subject, a popular one, which uses the captured romantic moment where the eyes of the prince and the young maiden meet, allowed artists to demonstrate their mastery of both drama and landscape. The tale perhaps derives from the story of Shahid and Wafa, in a late 17th Century poem by Muhammad Akram. See Oliver Forge & Brendan Lynch, Indian Painting 1600-1870, New York 2012, no. 10 (Oudh, circa 1760). For another example of the same date, sold in these rooms, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 19th April 2016, lot 216. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com