AN ILLUSTRATION DEPICTING RAJA SARDAR SINGH LOOKING BEYOND HIS FALCON

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AN ILLUSTRATION DEPICTING RAJA SARDAR SINGH LOOKING BEYOND HIS FALCON
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 6 1/4 by 4 3/8 in. (13.4 by 11.1 cm);
folio: 7 by 6 in. (17.7 by 15.2 cm) unframed

Catalogue Note

Sitting cross-legged and leaning against a giant mauve bolster, Sardar Singh holds the tip of his hookah against his lips. His alert and tethered falcon attempting to catch his eye as the gray-haired Sardar stares past him lost in contemplation. He sits against a verdigris background as clouds swirl above. His sheathed sword and a book laid out on a floral patterned carpet.