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Drawing
- Place of origin:
Rajasthan (made)
- Date:
ca. 1886 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Drawn in ink and pencil on paper
- Credit Line:
Given by Col. T. H. Hendley.
- Museum number:
IS.24-1996
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Drawing, ink and pencil on paper, sketch to illustrate casting of an anklet in Rajasthan. This sketch illustrates the melting of the wax.
Place of Origin
Rajasthan (made)
Date
ca. 1886 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Drawn in ink and pencil on paper
Marks and inscriptions
'No. 1/ a. The vessel in which the wax and ral/ are melted. b. vessel containing cold water into which the mixture is dropped.-
Written in red ink at top left, and beneath sketch.
'mom pakatahe'
'the was heats up'
Written in Hindi in top left hand corner, by the artist.
Dimensions
Height: 17.2 cm, Width: 2.17 cm
Object history note
The sketches IS.24 to 30-1996 are accompanied by four sheets of writing paper containing notes in Hendley's (who commissioned the sketches) hand on the subject. Rp 96/1423.
Descriptive line
Drawing, anklet-casting, ink on paper, Rajasthan, ca. 1886
Production Note
Commissioned by Thomas Holbein Hendley.
Materials
Paper; Ink; Pencil
Techniques
Drawn
Subjects depicted
Anklet; Metal-working; Jewellery
Categories
Drawings; Paintings; Metalwork; Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
