[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Painting # Painting Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a Maratha nobleman seated, smoking a huqqa. Around his neck is a necklace of beetle-wings, and lower in the scene, a sword and black shield. A Maratha nobleman seated, smoking a huqqa. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1765–1774 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-265-1952](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-265-1952) · Pramāṇa