A LARGE EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA FATEH SINGH OF MEWAR (r. 1884-1921)
Rajasthan, North Western India, early 20th century

A LARGE EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA FATEH SINGH OF MEWAR (r. 1884-1921)
Rajasthan, North Western India, early 20th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the large vertical composition portraying the Rajput ruler on a white steed, passing through a forest animated by a variety of birds, his turban held in place by an elaborate diamond and emerald-encrusted sarpech (turban ornament), the scene set within white and black rules and red borders, laid on board and backed at a later stage on accounting paper, 71cm x 49.8cm.