One of twenty-nine drawings of details of architectural ornament taken from rubbings of stone decoration on monuments in Agra district, including Fatehpur Sikri and Sikandra.
Drawing
ca.1882 (made)
ca.1882 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Four details of stone carvings in Birbal's daughter's house.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
| Brief description | architectural; Drawings, traced, Agra/Ahmadabad |
| Physical description | Four details of stone carvings in Birbal's daughter's house. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Beebul's daughter's House. N.W. Room S. Door' (Inscribed:) |
| Gallery label | This is one of a series of 61 drawings of architectural details from a range of buildings in Agra and Ahmedabad. They were commissioned for the museum by Casper Purdon Clarke for purpose of recording the many and varied forms of ornamentation and to act as a stimulus to craftsmen in England. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 152 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.1052:3-1883 |
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| Record created | February 8, 2005 |
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