A portrait of Raja Hiraj Singh, Sikh School, Punjab, North India, circa 1835, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted haloed and kneeling with his sword before him, within an interior and hold a flower, 25.3 x 19.2cm. Hira Singh (1816-1844) was the son of Raja Dhian Singh of Jammu and the nephew of Gulab Singh, the first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. Although a Dogra by birth, he was an important member of the sikh court due to Dogra-Sikh alliances. He would eventually become the prime minister to Dalip Singh in Lahore (1843-44).Losses to surface of paint