Maharana Jawan Singh Worshipping at the Vishnupada Temple at Gaya, Attributed to Ghasi, Rajasthan / Udaipur, circa 1834

Collection of the British Rail Pension Fund.

Sotheby's London, 26th April 1994, lot 50.

C.M. Cimino, Life at Court in Rajasthan: Indian Miniatures from the

Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century, Florence, 1985, cat. no. 32.

Inscribed on the verso in black ink devanagari script describing the Rana's visit to the Temple in Gaya and the date: V.S. 1890 pos sud 13 (January 23rd 1834 A.D.). The nimbate (haloed) Maharana JawanSingh (1800 - 1838) stands at the lower center before a small shrine containing a sacred icon - a golden stone-cut image of the footprint of the god V ishnu (Vishnupada). The Rana's palms pressed in worship, he stands facing opposite the temple priest. They are surrounded by the members of the Rana's entourage within the colonnaded halls of the multi-cone-shaped temple. Pennants hung for the occasion flying from the golden finial at center top as flower garlands and small lamps line the walls.

The ceremony likely taking place in the evening. Other members of the royal retinue stand outside in a gray courtyard bordered by arches and marble walls.