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MEWAR (RAJASTHAN) SCHOOL, MID 19TH CENTURY A LARGE EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF POSSIBLY MAHARANA BHIM SINGH OF UDAIPUR ON A BROWN HORSE, A NIMBUS AROUND HIS HEAD, WITH ATTENDANTS AND A DOG, AND CARRYING BANNERS AND A CANOPY Opaque pigments and bodycolour,heightened with silver and gold, within a decorated black and red border (partly overmounted) with inscription in Devanagari (upper centre in the margin, overmounted) 58 x 45cm (22¾ x 17½ in.) Provenance: Arthur Tooth & Son, London Acquired by Camilla Chandon Exhibition: London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Indian paintings from 17th to 19th Centuries, 12th November- 12th December, no. 5 Maharana Bhim Singh (r. 1778-1828) was the 26th Maharana of the Kingdom of Mewar and the first Maharana of the Princely State of Udaipur, after signing a treaty with the British Empire to accept their protection from the Mughal Empire.