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Summary

Description
English: Painting of Maharaja Ranjit Singh meeting with the Maratha, Yashwant Rao Holkar, and Mir Khan in 1805. Painted between circa 1805–1850.

Description below taken from original source.

painting

Object Type

   painting 

Museum number

   1936,0411,0.1 

Description

   Painting of Jaswant Rao (Holkar) in the centre, Ranjit Singh dressed in red to the left and Mir Khan smoking a pipe on the right, seated on a mat with attendants. The scene depicts one of the meetings which took place at the end of 1805, when Jaswant Rao Holkar, defeated at the battles of Fatehgarh and Dig by the Generals Lake and Frasier, sought refuge from the British in the Punjab. 

School/style

   Sikh Style 

Production date

   1850 (circa) (circa) 
   1810 (circa) (circa) 

Findspot

   Found/Acquired: India
   Asia: South Asia: India

Materials

   paper 

Technique

   painted 

Dimensions

   Height: Height: 17.06 centimetres 
   Width: Width: 24.20 centimetres 

Inscriptions

       Inscription type: inscription
       Inscription position: bottom left
       Inscription language: Persian
       Inscription content: رنجيت سنڲ
       Inscription translation: Ranjit Singh
       Inscription note: Faded english translation below the Persian.
       Inscription type: inscription
       Inscription position: bottom centre
       Inscription language: Persian
       Inscription content: خسونت راو
       Inscription translation: Jaswant Rao
       Inscription type: inscription
       Inscription position: bottom right
       Inscription language: Persian
       Inscription content: مر کان
       Inscription translation: Mir Khan

Location

   Not on display 

Exhibition history

   2009 10 Oct-17 Jan, London, V&A, 'Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts'
   2010 12 Feb - 23 May, Germany, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung , 'Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts' 

Subjects

   battle 
   attendant 

Associated names

   Associated with: Ranjit Singh 
   Associated with: Jaswant Rao 
   Associated with: Mir Khan 

Acquisition date

   1936 

Department

   Asia 

Registration number

   1936,0411,0.1 

Conservation

   Treatment 
Mount
Date ca.1805–1850
Source [1]
Author Unknown

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Painting of Maharaja Ranjit Singh meeting with the Maratha, Yashwant Rao Holkar, and Mir Khan in 1805

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