A PORTRAIT OF RAJA KARAM SINGH OF PATIALA, CIRCA 1840, the sikh ruler seated on a European style chair, his hand extended receiving a youth

bringing a gold tray with covered box (perhaps his son Narenda Singh), and wearing a white European uniform buttoned up the front, black boots, and turban; yellow foliate margin, pink border with floral decoration and a cartouche with a gurmukhi inscription identifying the sitter. Painting 7 \af15/16\ by 5 \af13/16\ in. (20.2 by 14.8 cm.) Provenance: Sotheby's, London, April 28th, 1981, lot 130 Published: Andrew Topsfield, Paintings from the Rajput Courts, exhibition catalogue, Indar Pasricha Fine Arts, London, 1986, no. 29, illus.