Maharana Jagat Singh Hawks for Cranes, dated 1744, Western India, Rajasthan, Udaipur, Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper, Sheet: 26 7/8 x 29 3/4 in. (68. 3 x 75. 6 cm), Paintings, Shiva and Dayal, This spectacular panoramic vista of the Mewar landscape depicts a royal hunting party in a series of consecutive vignettes, creating a continuous narrative. The aerial perspective, reflecting the plunging views of terrain offered from many Rajput forts, was an innovation of the Mewar school, perhaps combined here with a new awareness of European cartography