MAHARANA SARDAR SINGH RIDING AN ELEPHANT

Very good overall condition. There is an inscription in devanagari on the upper margin of the blue folio border not visible in catalog illustration. Slight abrasion to pigment on turban of the seated ruler and slight stain to white background below the tip of the attendant's fly whisk. Slight rubbing to pigments on blue margin of folio, particularly on upper right. The colors are lighter in reality.
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For a painting of Maharana Sardar Singh (r. 1838-1842) killing a boar refer to National Gallery of Victoria (accession number: AS293 -1980).

For further reference see Andrew Topsfield, Paintings from Rajasthan, Melbourne, 1980, p. 156 and Andrew Topsfield, Court Paintings at Udaipur, Artibus Asiae Sup 44, 2008, p. 252-53.