Nana Fadnavis (1741-1800)
Nana Fadnavis (1741-1800) The Prime Minister of Peshwa Size: 19.8 x 14.8 in (50.3 x 37.6 cm) Date of printing: 1880s-1890s When A. M. Mali joined the Chitrashala Press the portraits of historical figures were quite popular. Many chromolithographic series of Peshwa’s, Maratha Warriors, Mughals and Noblemen are based on his canvases. This is one […]
Shri Sadashivrao Bhau (1730-1761)
Shri Sadashivrao Bhau (1730-1761) Size: 19.8 x 14.8 in (50.3 x 37.6 cm) Date of printing: 1880s-1890s Balaji Bajirao’s (3rd Peshwa) nephew, Sadashivrao Bhau was the commander of the Maratha army at the third battle of Panipat against the invading Afghan army. He led the Maratha army to Delhi and fought against Ahmad Shah Abdali. […]
Shrimant Sawai Madhavrao Peshwa (1774-1795)
Shrimant Sawai Madhavrao Peshwa (1774-1795) Size: 18 x 13.3 in (45.7 x 33.8 cm) Date of printing: 1890s-1900s Shrimant Sawai Madhav Rao II became the 7th Peshwa when he was an infant. The son of Narayanrao Peshwa who was murdered in 1773, he was considered the legal heir and installed as Peshwa in 1782. This […]
Shrimant Sawai Madhavrao (1774-1795)
Shrimant Sawai Madhavrao (1774-1795) Size: 21.5 x 15.7 in (54.6 x 39.9 cm) Date of printing: late 1870 Before the formal inception of a dedicated press for imagery, Pune Manovedhak Chitrakala Company Press was established in Ravivar Peth, Pune. The press published manuscripts but also did a first series of portraits (above pic). The imagery […]
Sakharam Bapu (d. 1781)
Sakharam Bapu (d. 1781) Size: 19.3 x 14.4 in (49 x 36.6 cm) Date of printing: 1880s-1890s Sakharam Bapu Bokil was an influential foreign minister of the Maratha Empire during the Peshwa administration in Pune. He was a friend and the favourite commander of Shrimant Raghunathrao Peshwa. He was a descendant of Pantoji Gopinath, who […]
Shrimant Raghunathrao Peshwa (1734-1783)
Shrimant Raghunathrao Peshwa (1734-1783) Size: 19.8 x 14.8 in (50.3 x 37.6 cm) Date of printing: 1880s-1890s He (alias Raghobadada) was the 6th Peshwa for a brief time. His father was Peshwa Bajirao and mother was Kashibai. The Peshwa title was passed to him in 1761, after defeat at the third Battle of Panipat, and […]
Bapu Gokhale (1777-1818)
Bapu Gokhale (1777-1818) Size: 19.5 x 14.4 in (49.5 x 36.6 cm) Date of printing: 1880s-1890s Bapu Gokhale was appointed commander-in-chief of the Marathas (Senapati) by Peshwa Baji Rao II in the third Anglo-Maratha War against the East India Company in 1818. During the battle while defending the Peshwa from the company forces he died […]
Dusre Baji Rao Peshwa (1775-1851)
Dusre Baji Rao Peshwa (1775-1851) Size: 19.4 x 14.4 in (49.3 x 36.6 cm) Date of printing: 1880s-1890s Shrimant Peshwa Baji Rao II was the 8th Peshwa from 1795 to 1818, and the 10th and last Peshwa from 1803 to 1818 when he was re-installed by the British after they won the second Anglo- Maratha […]
Shrimant Narayanrao Peshwa (1755-1773)
Shrimant Narayanrao Peshwa (1755-1773) Size: 19.5 x 14.6 in (49.5 x 37.1 cm) Date of printing: 1880s-1890s Shrimant Narayanrao was the 5th Peshwa of the Bhat family until his assassination in 1773 by guards on the order of Raghunathrao, the 6th Peshwa of his family. Narayanrao’s wife, Gangabai Sathe, gave birth to Sawai Madhavrao who […]
First Madhavrao Peshwa (1745-1772)
First Madhavrao Peshwa (1745-1772) (Shrimant Thorale Madhavrao Peshwa) Size: 19.5 x 14.6 in (49.5 x 37.1 cm) Date of printing: 1880s-1890s One of the most famous Peshwas in Maratha history, Shrimant Madhavrao I, was the 4th Peshwa of the Bhat family. During his tenure, the Maratha resurrection took place. The Empire recovered from the losses […]