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Equestrian Portrait with Gun and Sword
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The painting in Jaipur Style depicts Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh (1834-80) of Jaipur, mounted on a brown, caparisoned horse. He wears a white robe (jama), a turban, and jewelry, with a sword hanging from his waist. He also carries a rifle over his right shoulder.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of James E. Robinson III in honor of Stuart Cary Welch and Alve John Erickson
Title: Equestrian Portrait with Gun and Sword
Description:
The painting in Jaipur Style depicts Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh (1834-80) of Jaipur, mounted on a brown, caparisoned horse.
He wears a white robe (jama), a turban, and jewelry, with a sword hanging from his waist.
He also carries a rifle over his right shoulder.
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