cover image: Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers

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Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers

1787

Kota school Recto: in devanagari script: maharaja dhiraja maharaja maharao raja sri umed singhji bahadur his Courageous king of kings, great king Umed Singh Verso: in devanagari script: samvat 1844 vasakih sudi 14, hitvarah din ki jp dim (?) kul thak ajai nahan ghoghari mari…Joshi Hans Raj chuterako, ji ho Samvat 1844 (1787 CE), fourteenth day of Caisakh, Sunday…killed the…animals. Painting by Hans Raj Joshi To 1971 Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi [1] From 1971 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi in December 1971 [2] From 2001 to 2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001 From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim Notes: [1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [2] See note 1. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Life at court: Art for India's Rulers, 16th-19th centuries (November 20, 1985 to May 11, 1986) Indian Arts Palace Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim
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Authors

Hans Raj Joshi (1750-1799)

Collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Dates
1787
Format
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Pages
H x W (overall): 43.2 × 70.2 cm (17 × 27 5/8 in) H x W (framed): 61.6 × 86 cm (24 1/4 × 33 7/8 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S2018.1.39
Rights
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/eb505e9dd34551d4c2d0aec8d131e21b

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