Keywords: Bhimsen Thapa of Nepal.jpg en Miniature portrait painting of Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa 1775-1839 of Nepal dated 1839 Nepal Opaque watercolour with tooled gold on wasli Size 32 7 x 24 8cm The inscription reads transliteration and translation as shri janaral kamandar in cheef bheem sen thapa ka 63 varshko samwat 1896 saal maa khaichiya ko Shri General Commander-in-chief Bhimsen Thapa aged 63 years painted in Samwat 1896 1839 AD The title given to him instead of prime minister refers to his position when declaring war on the British as commander-in-chief This portrait produced in the year of his death seems most likely to be in commemoration of him The portrait must have served patronage for nostalgia by showing him in his prime The painting is currently in the private collection of Peter Blohm 1839 Image http //www indianminiaturepaintings co uk/Nepal_Bhimsen_Thapa_000744 html Gallery http //www indianminiaturepaintings co uk/Paintings 20Archive 202013 html author The painting is over 100 years old PD-Art-100 PD-old before 1900 Nepal Uploaded with UploadWizard Bhimsen Thapa Art of Nepal |