A Raja in Armor in Procession Before His Palace

Object Details

• Description

  Drawing of warrior on horseback, with 5 attendants and a dog, arriving at a palace. The palace inhabitants are shown on three levels. The drawing is incomplete and some of the graphie under drawing has not been drawn over with ink. The rider and his horse are the most complete figures and have pink watercolor on the clothing, sword and horse's side and legs. There is yellow gray watercolor shading on the rider and the attendants.

• Inscriptions

  On the verso: X [in pencil] Done by a Punjabi Native Artist about 1854 or so [in ink; steel nib pen]

  ------------------#25 [in pencil]

  E WM.-- 1

  1848 [in pencil]

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  Punjab, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. Murray Lebwohl in honor of Martha Smith

• Type

  Drawing

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1840s, 1850s

• Place

  Punjab, India

• Topic

  Raja, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Wars, Warrior, Art, Animals, Palace, Dogs, Horses

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Drawings