Tilkayat Govardhanlalji (1862-1934), the Head Priest at the temple of...

Tilkayat Govardhanlalji (1862-1934), the Head Priest at the temple of Sri Nath-Ji at Nathdwara
Kotah, perhaps by the artist Ghasiram Sharma, circa 1900
gouache and gold on paper, a painted oval, in oval card mount
543 x 403 mm.
For a similar portrait of Govardhanlalji, see A. Ambalal, Krishna as Shrinathji, 1987, p. 140 (where it is attributed to the artist Ghasiram Sharma, one of the circle of artists and scholars at the court). For another sketch of him, by Gopilal Sharma, see p. 71; and for an account of his time as Tilkayat at Nathdwara, a time of change and expansion after his accession to the position in 1877, see pp. 70-73.