Saturday, 3 October 2026

Madhav Rao II and Minister Nana Farnavis in a portrait with 18th-century jewellery

In a painted portrait, two men in white garments, turbans, pearl necklaces and earrings sit before a standing figure in red.

Madhav Rao II, head of the Hindu Maratha state, who would take his own life at twenty-one, and his moustachioed minister Nana Phadnavis, who stood against the English. Good jewellery for the eighteenth century, especially the earrings

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