Tanjore School, circa 1820-1830

A Portrait Miniature of Serfoji, the Last Rajah of Tanjore, seated, three-quarter-length

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Tanjore School, circa 1820-1830
A Portrait Miniature of Serfoji, the Last Rajah of Tanjore, seated, three-quarter-length
with inscription 'The Last Rajah of Tanjore by a Tanjore/Palace Artist' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, on ivory, oval
3¼ x 2¾ in. (8.3 x 7 cm.) (3); a miniature of Mrs Gurbain's House, a miniature of the Taj Mahal and a collection of 21 miniatures of Indian temples framed together (4)

拍品专文

Serfoji (1799-1830), was the last Maharaja of Tanjore. Jerry Losty suggests that the present watercolour, by a Tanjore artist, is possibly influenced by the works of Anna Tonelli (c. 1763-1846). Born Anna Nistri, the daughter of a miniaturist settled in Florence, she taught drawing to the children of the second Lord Clive (created Earl of Powis in 1804) by whom she was employed as a governess in London and India (1794-1802). Works by Tonelli can be seen in Powis Castle.