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Vendor of Rice and other Grains in the Bazaar, Baroda, Guzerat

Oil Painting
1804 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Grindlay, Robert Melville (Captain) (painted by)
Place of origin
Baroda (painted)

Robert Grindley came to India in 1803 as an army officer and held various posts which enabled him to travel around western India. This painting has a certain warmth and charm and is typical of his romantic sensibility. He later published a book entitled 'Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, chiefly on the Western side of India' which is ranked among the finest colour-plate volumes depicting views of India ever produced.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
India Museum
Object type
Oil painting
TitleVendor of Rice and other Grains in the Bazaar, Baroda, Guzerat
Materials and techniques
oil on cardboard
Oil Colour
Cardboard
Brief description
"Vendor of Rice and other Grains in the Bazaar, Baroda" by R. Melville Grindlay, oil on grey cardboard, 1804, Baroda, India.
Physical description
This image depicts a man inside a room sitting on the floor with an assortment of bowls containing piles of different coloured grains and spices in front of him.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.8cm
  • Width: 18.5cm
Gallery label
Grindlay travelled widely in western India and this painting is typical of his romantic sensibility. Despite his technical limitations in oil painting, there is nevertheless a certain warmth and charm to his paintings.
Summary
Robert Grindley came to India in 1803 as an army officer and held various posts which enabled him to travel around western India. This painting has a certain warmth and charm and is typical of his romantic sensibility. He later published a book entitled 'Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, chiefly on the Western side of India' which is ranked among the finest colour-plate volumes depicting views of India ever produced.
Bibliographic references
  • Rohatgi P. and Parlett G., assisted by Imray S. and Godrej P. Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists: Paintings and Drawings from the Victoria and Albert Museum, 17th to the early 20th century. Published by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, in association with V&A, London, 2008. ISBN 81-901020-9-5. p. 214, pl. 26
  • Patel, Divia; Rohatgi, Pauline and Godrej, Pheroza, "Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists: an exhibition of paintings and drawings from the 17th to the early 20th century organised by the V&A and CSMVS". Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai and Victoria and Albert Museum, 2008, ISBN:81-901020-8-7 p.49
Other number
12,644 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
03548(IS)

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Record createdJuly 4, 2007
Record URL
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