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Bust portrait of the Maharajah of Bhavnagar

Maker

(artist)
1860-1942

Title

Date of Production

1893

Medium

pen and black ink, black wash, white bodycolour and scratching out on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 19.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1955.WF.4607

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1955

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This drawing was probably executed whilst the Maharajah of Bhavnagar, a princely state in the southeast corner of Gujarat, was on a visit to London. It was included in the Pall Mall Budget in 1893, which featured a number of cartoons of distinguished people. It was perhaps Sickert’s love of drama and the stage that allowed him to extract the subtle theatricality of his human subjects. In this case, the exuberance of the Maharajah’s costume, as well as his air of self-importance, is well captured.

Provenance

Witt Fund Purchase 1955

Exhibition History

Special Display - Works by Sickert, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 05/10/2007-20/01/2008

Sickert, 1860-1942: an exhibition of paintings and drawings, Northampton Art Gallery; Worcester City Museum and Art Gallery; Derby Museum and Art Gallery; etc., 1964

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 46

Sickert, 1860-1942: an exhibition of paintings and drawings, Northampton Art Gallery; Worcester City Museum and Art Gallery; Derby Museum and Art Gallery; etc., 1964
cat. no. 30

Baron, Wendy, Sickert: paintings and drawings, New Haven and London, 2006
no. 57.23
ill. on p. 189

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink, signed: “Sickert”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “6 base by / Monday at 4”; lower left edge, graphite, first 2 letters crossed out: “LS D. 153.”; lower right corner, graphite: “5470 / PM”.

Collector's mark: none.

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