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Details
- Other Title
- Raja Shamsher Sen of Mandi on terrace smoking a hookah
- Place where the work was made
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Himachal Pradesh
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India
- Cultural origin
- Guler
- Date
- circa 1760
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- opaque watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 20.4 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Jim Masselos 2021
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 98.2021
- Copyright
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About
Raja Shamsher Sen (b 1722, r 1727-81) reigned Mandi, a town at the foothills of the Himalayas in present day Himachal Pradesh for more than 50 years. Often painted enjoying smoking a hookah, he is not remembered as a strong leader. The style and soft colours of this painting indicate it was painted by an artist trained in what was then Guler, a number of whom were employed in the courts of Mandi.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Divine and Courtly Life in Indian Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Oct 1991–08 Jan 1992
Intimate Encounters: Indian paintings from Australian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2007–04 May 2007
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jim Masselos, Divine and courtly life in Indian painting, Sydney, 1991. cat no. 3.6
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Sotheby's spring Islamic sales. Catalogue of oriental manuscripts and miniatures., London, 16 Apr 1984, 30. lot. 83
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