Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Rajasthan (made)

A brush drawing in ink on skin, calligraphy, verso of IS.395-1952.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Calligraphy
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Drawn with a brush in ink on skin. The ink is made up of lamp-black with water and a gum binder, usually gum arabic (hardened tree sap)
Ink
Skin
Painted
Drawn
Brief description
Painting, calligraphy, ink on skin, Rajasthan, late 18th century
Physical description
A brush drawing in ink on skin, calligraphy, verso of IS.395-1952.
Dimensions
  • Height: 162mm (approx., maximum)
  • Width: 90mm (approx., maximum)
08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Calligraphy.
Style
Rajasthani
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson collection.
Subject depicted
Calligraphy
Associated object
IS.395-1952 (Verso)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.395:2-1952

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Record createdJune 27, 2013
Record URL
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