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Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Horse with a One-Eyed Groom
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The painting depicts the horse of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (r. 1801-1839), the first maharaja of the Sikhs of the Punjab. The caparisoned horse is white, gray, and dappled. A groomsman stands in front of the horse, holding onto the blue reins with both hands. He wears a long, white tunic and an orange turban and waist sash. He has a small mustache and appears to be missing his left eye. Ranjit Singh himself was also blind in his left eye since childhood as a result of smallpox. This work was executed on paper made in England and bearing a watermark of 1839, the year of Ranjit Singh’s death.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008 ) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009 ) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.
Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Stuart Cary Welch Collection Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Title: Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Horse with a One-Eyed Groom
Description:
The painting depicts the horse of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (r.
1801-1839), the first maharaja of the Sikhs of the Punjab.
The caparisoned horse is white, gray, and dappled.
A groomsman stands in front of the horse, holding onto the blue reins with both hands.
He wears a long, white tunic and an orange turban and waist sash.
He has a small mustache and appears to be missing his left eye.
Ranjit Singh himself was also blind in his left eye since childhood as a result of smallpox.
This work was executed on paper made in England and bearing a watermark of 1839, the year of Ranjit Singh’s death.
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