Painting
ca. 1650 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a bird perching. Verso of an album page.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, bird, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1650 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a bird perching. Verso of an album page. |
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| Content description | A bird perching. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from Arthur Churchill, Esq., 1,Selwood Terrace, South Kensington, S.W |
| Object history | The portrait of a lady in European (Elizabethan) costume, often erroneously identified as Lady Shirley, wife of the celebrated ambassador of James I. Adapted from a western painting by a Mughal artist. Shah Jahan Period. |
| Historical context | Arthur Churchill was a London dealer. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Associated object | IM.8-1913 (Verso) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.8:2-1913 |
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| Record created | December 24, 2013 |
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