Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar (r. 1734-51) Dressed as a Bhil, Hunting Deer at Night, c. 1735-40. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 17.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.). The ruler, who has the title Maharana, wears the leaf skirt of the Bhil people of Western India, as he hunts deer with a female tracker. They both wear a girdle of bells to scare the quarry out of the underbrush, and she illuminates them using directed light from a lamp in a pot. The king has shot a deer in the neck; rabbit, antelopes, and boar scamper away.
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