A SEATED PORTRAIT OF MAHARANA BHIM SINGH OF MEWAR (1768 - 1828)
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, late 19th century

Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting Maharana Bhim Singh, the 25th Maharana of Mewar, seated on an ochre floorspread, holding his dhal (shield) in front of him, wearing an elaborate turban with a large emerald-encrusted sarpeech on the forehead, the portrait set within black and white rules, and ochre and lilac borders, the recto with an inscription of Devanagari script in black ink, positioned in the centre, 25.5cm x 20.5cm.