Edwin Lord Weeks

The Arrival of Prince Humbert, the Rajah, at the Palace of Amber
signed 'E.L. Weeks' (and stamped with the artist's Moghul device, lower left)
oil on canvas
99.1 x 132.1cm (39 x 52in).
Painted circa 1888
Durand Ruel, Paris. | M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York. | John J. Hill. | Mary H. Hill; Her estate sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 20 November 1947, lot 97, as Arrival of the Great Mogul. | M Boccolino Collection (acquired from the above sale). | Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 1998, lot 21. | Acquired from the above by the present owner. | Literature | George William Sheldon, Recent Ideals of American Art, New York, London, 1888-90, p. 60 (illustrated p. 57). | Edwin Lord Weeks, From the Black Sea Through Persia and India, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895, with related description pp. 240-46 (related illustration p. 245, related illustration of elephant head p. 243).