Painting of a Sikh chief (possibly identified as Desa Singh Majithia) carousing with a lady, ca.1800–25

A Sikh chief (possibly identified as Desa Singh Majithia) carousing with a lady. Pahari-Sikh; from the family workshop of Seu-Nainsukh, possibly by Chhajju; first quarter of the 19th century. W.G. Archer has suggested that the chief portrayed here might be Desa Singh Majithia, the Sikh governor of the hills, but the identification, based on another uninscribed painting of a wedding reception with a Sikh chief prominently seated on a chair, leaves considerable room for doubt. Opaque watercolur on paper. Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh. The artwork in the following link may be a reproduction of this piece: File:Desa_Singh_Majithia_enjoying_with_a_Guler_mistress.jpg 9: A SIKH NOBLE. Gouache on paper, Pahari, 1st quarter of the 19th century Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh, No. 296 Literature W.G. Archer, Paintings of the Sikhs, London, 1966, pl. II, pp. 19-2I; B.N. Goswamy, "Sikh Painting: An Analysis of Some Aspects of Patronage," Oriental Art, XV:I, 1969.