Maratha_darbar.jpg
Summary
Description Maratha darbar.jpg |
English:
Durbar hall, unidentified, Maratha school, c.1820
Source: A Second Paradise: Indian Courtly Life 1590-1947, by Naveen Patnaik (New York: Metropolitan Museum, 1985), p. 113; scan by FWP, Sept. 2001 "Durbar Hall. Unidentified Maratha school; c. 1820; 31.5 x 24.5 cm. Private collection." "With the weakening of Mughal power, the Marathas spread from their homelands in the Deccan and established principalities in many parts of northern India. Wearing a characteristic Maratha turban and smoking his huqqa (hookah), this royal personage gives audience in the perspective of a splendid hall of whitewashed stone enriched with the blue and white striped daris (dhurries), carpets, and imported glass oil lamps. The King (Raja) and the nobles (Sardars, Jagirdars, Istamuradars & Mankaris) of the state." (A Second Paradise, p. 184) |
Date |
circa 1820
date QS:P,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source | http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1600_1699/marathas/marathadarbar/marathadarbar.html |
Author | Maratha school |
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