English: Painting of Maharaja Ranjit Singh meeting with the Maratha, Yashwant Rao Holkar, and Mir Khan in 1805. Painted between circa 1805–1850.
Description below taken from original source.
painting
Object Type
painting
Museum number
1936,0411,0.1
Description
Painting of Jaswant Rao (Holkar) in the centre, Ranjit Singh dressed in red to the left and Mir Khan smoking a pipe on the right, seated on a mat with attendants. The scene depicts one of the meetings which took place at the end of 1805, when Jaswant Rao Holkar, defeated at the battles of Fatehgarh and Dig by the Generals Lake and Frasier, sought refuge from the British in the Punjab.
School/style
Sikh Style
Production date
1850 (circa) (circa)
1810 (circa) (circa)
Findspot
Found/Acquired: India
Asia: South Asia: India
Materials
paper
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height: Height: 17.06 centimetres
Width: Width: 24.20 centimetres
Inscriptions
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: bottom left
Inscription language: Persian
Inscription content: رنجيت سنڲ
Inscription translation: Ranjit Singh
Inscription note: Faded english translation below the Persian.
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: bottom centre
Inscription language: Persian
Inscription content: خسونت راو
Inscription translation: Jaswant Rao
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: bottom right
Inscription language: Persian
Inscription content: مر کان
Inscription translation: Mir Khan
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2009 10 Oct-17 Jan, London, V&A, 'Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts'
2010 12 Feb - 23 May, Germany, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung , 'Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts'
Subjects
battle
attendant
Associated names
Associated with: Ranjit Singh
Associated with: Jaswant Rao
Associated with: Mir Khan
Acquisition date
1936
Department
Asia
Registration number
1936,0411,0.1
Conservation
Treatment
Mount