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Maharaj Sher Jang Bahadur Singh and his son Bhagwat Raj Bahadur Singh seated in a carriage Bhagwat Raj Bahadur Singh adn his son seated in a carriage

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Image of Maharaj Sher Jang Bahadur Singh and his son Bhagwat Raj Bahadur Singh seated in a carriage Bhagwat Raj Bahadur Singh adn his son seated in a carriage

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Maharaj Sher Jang Bahadur Singh and his son Bhagwat Raj Bahadur Singh seated in a carriage Bhagwat Raj Bahadur Singh adn his son seated in a carriage

Ram Charan, Indian, b. 19th century

Creation date: ca. 1825
Creation place: India

Other Information

Type: Watercolor Painting
Medium and Support: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection
Accession Number: 1990.995
State/Province: Madhya Pradesh
Dimensions: 13 25/32 in. x 20 15/32 in. (35 cm x 52 cm)

Provenance

Mark Zebrowski, London, England ( - May 19, 1984)

Edwin Binney 3rd, San Diego, California (May 19, 1984 - August 27, 1990)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (August 27, 1990 - )

Label Copy

Gallery 10 Label Dec 2015

Ram Charan
Maharaj Sher Jang Bahadur Singh with his son Bhagwat Raj Bahadur Singh seated in a carriage
Central India, Sohawal, late 19th century
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Sher Jang Bahadur Singh (r.1865–99) and his son Bhagwat Bahadur Singh (r. 1899–1916) were members of the Baghela family, rulers of the tiny state of Sohawal in central India. They are identified in the Hindi inscription on the left side of the painting, while the inscription in Persian letters in the center names Ram Charan as the artist of this work. The painting—a rather unusual image of a king in a horse-drawn carriage in which the figures, the horses, and the carriage are out of scale with one another—may have been made to signal that Bhagwat Bahadur Singh was intended to succeed Sher Jang Bahadur Singh, even though he was only an adopted son.
Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.995
Last Updated: 9/5/2017

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