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Illustration of an Indian woman holding a flower
Splendours of the Subcontinent: Four centuries of South Asian Paintings and Manuscripts: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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INDIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

Maharajah Ranjit Singh

RCIN 452414

Maharaja Sher Singh, the son and successor of Ranjit Singh, sent this painting of his father to Queen Victoria in 1843. A renowned horseman, Ranjit Singh was often portrayed as a warrior on horseback. The artist incorporates the Mughal imperial symbols of the halo and the parasol (referencing Lahore’s earlier Mughal painting traditions) but depicts the Maharaja against a dramatic landscape reflecting the romantic style developed in the Punjab Hills.
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