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Madhu Rao Narayan and Nana Fadnavis

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS COLL5-RAS COLL5/7-RAS COLL5/7/4

Publication status

Published

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Subseries

Extent and medium

1 archival folder

Date(s)

1990-ongoing (Creation)

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Name of creator

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

(1823-)

Biographical history

The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.

_National Portrait Gallery_

Repository

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Scope and content

The painting of Madhu Rao Narayan, the Maratha Peshwa, with Nana Fadnavis (RAS Cat.01.014) by James Wales is the largest painting within our Collections. The material associated with it is: * 'The Indian Mutiny and British Painting' by Brian Allen in Apollo, the International Magazine of the Arts, September 1990 which featured the painting on the front cover of the magazine and within the article. * Single page from a French journal featuring the painting, undated. * Colour postcard of the painting created by the National Portrait Gallery, undated. * '"Take All of Them": Eclecticism and the Arts of the Pune Court in India, 1760-1800' by Holly Shaffer, from The Art Bulletin, June 2018 which featured the painting in the article and on the front cover.