A PORTRAIT OF A STANDING RAJA Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North Western India, mid-18th century Pen, ink and colour wash on paper, the vertical composition depicting a Raja wearing a high turbanfashionable in Marwar in the first half of the eighteenth century and a yellow ankle-length jamawith a floral embroidered sash, on his forehead the Vaishnavite urdhva pundra (three vertical lines), holding a bow in one hand and a rose in the other, within burgundy, green and brown lines, mounted on a gold-sprinkled blue album page, set on a white cardboard frame, 25cm x 16cm excluding the frame. Provenance: Mildred and W.G. Archer Private Collection Exhibited:Bristol Art Museum, 1994, loan no. 76. The drawing although relatively unrefined is still sensitive to details such as creases in the garments covering the forearms and ankles suggesting a Mughal training.