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The Raja, Balwant Singh, seated smoking a hookah,

Image attached to PD.99-1948

An image of Miniature. The Raja, Balwant Singh, seated smoking a hookah, on cushions, on a garden terrace. Unknown, Jammu School. Bodycolour including white, pen and ink and gold on paper, height 186 mm, width 137 mm, circa 1820. Bequeathed through the National Art Collections Fund.

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Miniature. The Raja, Balwant Singh, seated smoking a hookah, on cushions, on a garden terrace. Unknown, Jammu School. Bodycolour including white, pen and ink and gold on paper, height 186 mm, width 137 mm, circa 1820. Bequeathed through the National Art Collections Fund.

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  • Accession Number: PD.99-1948
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 769 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 861.45kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2014:08:27 11:19:53

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19th Century bolster clothes clothing costume cushion cushions exterior fashion fashionable Fitz_PDP gardens hookah huqqa Indian Jammu School kneeling male miniature monarchs monarchy Raja Rajah royal royalty rulers seated sitting smoker smoking turban well dressed

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