SARDAR GANDA THAKAR SINGH (INDIAN 1899-1976) DANDELIONS; AND OTHERS WILDFLOWERS, SET OF TWO Watercolour and bodycolour Each 18.5 x 28.5cm (7¼ x 11 in.) (2) Provenance: His Highness Maharajah Yadhavindra Singh of Patiala 1938-1971 These studies were commissioned by His Highness Maharajah Yadhavindra Singh of Patiala, a keen botanist, who even as a child began to collect the flora of the Simla Hills with the intention of writing a book on the subject.Trained at the Slade, Ganga Singh was engaged by the Maharajah from 1942 to reproduce his collected flora in watercolour drawings in over 400 studies ready for publication.
SARDAR GANDA THAKAR SINGH (INDIAN 1899-1976) DANDELIONS; AND OTHERS WILDFLOWERS, SET OF TWO Watercolour and bodycolour Each 18.5 x 28.5cm (7¼ x 11 in.) (2) Provenance: His Highness Maharajah Yadhavindra Singh of Patiala 1938-1971 These studies were commissioned by His Highness Maharajah Yadhavindra Singh of Patiala, a keen botanist, who even as a child began to collect the flora of the Simla Hills with the intention of writing a book on the subject.Trained at the Slade, Ganga Singh was engaged by the Maharajah from 1942 to reproduce his collected flora in watercolour drawings in over 400 studies ready for publication.
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