Artist:Ghasi
Medium: Opaque watercolor, gold and silver on cloth
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Dates:ca. 1832
Dimensions: 74 7/16 × 50 3/8 in., 88 lb. (189 × 128 cm, 39.92kg) frame: 75 1/4 × 52 1/4 × 4 in. (191.1 × 132.7 × 10.2 cm)
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Accession Number: 2002.34
Image: 2002.34_overall_PS11.jpg,
Catalogue Description: A large painting on cotton depicting the February 8th meeting of the 1832 Ajmer darbar at which Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar (r. 1828-38) received the Governor General of India, Lord William Cavendish Bentinck. The painting illustrates the large encampment in which the meeting took place, with the maharana and general seated in European-style chairs at the top, beneath a large tent, and various Mewari and British courtiers seated in tidy rows to either side of a large, central courtyard. On the ground are piles of colorful fabric, given as diplomatic gifts. Around the central meeting space are areas with various subsidiary figures and their horses, all surrounded by red temporary walls. Several areas of the painting are not finished, with the shapes of figures colored in but no details (such as facial features) added.