Sewak Ram
Mailah-Jahn

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Artist Sewak RamIndian (Patna), c. 1770–c. 1830

CultureIndian

Titles

Mailah-Jahn

Date1807–1830

PlaceIndia

MediumGouache and graphite with gold on paper

DimensionsSheet: 16 1/8 × 22 7/8 in. (41 × 58.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in memory of Ann Lattimore Hamilton

Object number2008.434

Not on view

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe 2nd Earl of Caledon; by descent to his heirs; Sotheby's, London, lot 67, no.8; Eyre & Hobhouse and Spink & Son, Ltd., London (jointly owned), purchased, March 1982; Stephen F. Hamilton, Houston, Texas, purchased December 1984.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in pencil on verso center: "Mailah-Jahn"

Marked in pencil on verso lower center: "7" "8" (in a circle)

No visible signature

Printed back label and descriptive text on verso backboard: "EYRE & HOUSE..."

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