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| Keywords: Sri Ganga Singh Bahadur, the Maharaja of Bikaner.jpg Artwork en Sri Ganga Singh Bahadur the Maharaja of Bikaner 1880 - 1943 Statesman Study for portrait in Statesman of the Great War National Portrait Gallery London 1918-1930 oil canvas cm 111 20 86 80 https //www nationalgalleries org/collection/artists-a-z/g/artist/sir-james-guthrie/object/sri-ganga-singh-bahadur-the-maharaja-of-bikaner-1880-1943-statesman-study-for-portrait-in-statesman-of-the-great-war-national-portrait-gallery-london-pg-1130 National Gallery of Scotland Creator James Guthrie Sri Ganga Singhji Bahadur succeeded his father at the age of seven and assumed full powers as a ruler at eighteen He commanded the Bikaner Camel Corps as part of the British forces in China in 1901 and by 1917 had been appointed Major-General in the British Army With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 the Maharajah ™s military career reached its peak and he was twice mentioned in dispatches He was one of the three representatives of India at the Imperial War Cabinet of 1917 and at the Peace Conference of 1919 and in the peace years led the Indian delegations to the assemblies of the League of Nations This oil sketch was made by Guthrie in preparation for his great commission ˜Statesmen of the Great War ™ object history Given by W G Gardiner and Sir Frederick C Gardiner 1930 PD-old-70 Paintings in the National Gallery of Scotland Statesmen of World War I James Guthrie Ganga Singh of Bikaner | ||||
