Lohani Caravan
Watercolour
1836 (painted)
1836 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Lohani Caravan (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Lohani Caravan' [Two Lohani youths and animals' feet], 1836, by Godfrey Thomas Vigne FRGS |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title, and a Lohani Puthe[?] Khan. Pahari[?] Mygora[?]. and date May 1st. 1836., and young Lohan[i] with a pellet bow and date May 3rd. 1836, and Kabul, and number 41 |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Object history | According to Rodney Searight: - `acquired from Henry D'Olier Vigne, great-nephew of the artist, May 1971, £200'. [with SD.1087- SD.1100, SD.1103 & 1104: SD.1105-9 SD.1111-SD.1125, SD.1127-1130, SD.1132-1134, SD.1137-1138, SD.1150, SD.1153] |
| Historical context | The Lohanis traded between India and Afghanistan. Vigne travelled part of the way between Multan and Kabul with one of their caravans: see Vigne, A Personal Narrative of a Visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, And Afghanistan ..., 1840, pp.23-120. Cf. sketches in album in India Office Library and Records (WD.3110 f.39f, 40a-d). |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.1110 |
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| Record created | April 18, 2008 |
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