Raja Bikram Singh of Guler smoking a hookah
1678–1690
- Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: 21.7 x 28.8 cm (8 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.); Image: 17.2 x 24.4 cm (6 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh
About
The portrait of Raja Bikram Singh is the earliest depiction of a Guler chief and was produced in Chamba, possibly under the patronage of Raja Chattar Singh (r. 1664–90). The painting bears several features of early portraiture in Chamba—a straight Hookah pipe, striped trousers, large bolsters, and the sitting posture of the raja.