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A raja conversing in a fortress and riding away on an elephant, from a Hamir Hath series

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A raja conversing in a fortress and riding away on an elephant, from a Hamir Hath series

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A raja conversing in a fortress and riding away on an elephant, from a Hamir Hath series 1800 Description: 1 single leaf : paper on card, ill. ; 258 x 312 mm. Credit: Gift; Anna C. Walter; 1980. Genres: Illuminated manuscripts--India--Himachal Pradesh--19th century. Miniatures (Illuminations)--India--Himachal Pradesh--19th century. Paper. Cardboard. Single leaves. Notes: Ms. Guler School miniature; illuminated in Himachal Pradesh, ca. 1800-1825. Miniature measures 202 x 256 mm. Provenance: Anna C. Walter. Formatted Place: India--Himachal Pradesh. Cite as: Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.1024.1. Publications on: Islamic and Indian manuscripts and paintings in the Pierpont Morgan Library / Barbara Schmitz. New York: The Library, 1997, no. 61.38, p. 219-220; plate 63. Subjects: 1800-1825. Dept./Collection: Pierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

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