Raja smoking a huqqa, North India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, late 19th century Gouache, gold and silver on cardboard depicting a raja smoking a silver huqqa with elephant protoms. He is seated on a terrace against a cushion, fanned by a servant wearing a prominent turban like his master. Frame. Painting size: 29 x 21.9 cm Stains, mending, overpainting, heavy wetness, accidents, laminated gouache. Attached is a black ink on paper heightened with gouache, sketch of a portrait of Prince Maratha seated in an armchair, a flower in his left hand. The outline of the sketch is perforated, suggesting its use as a poncif. 30 x 23.2 cm, holes, accidents, folds; and black ink on paper, fragmentary sketch of a Raja on an elephant, 13 x 12.5 cm.