Brahma
Painting
ca. 1825 (painted)
ca. 1825 (painted)
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The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This example is from a collection of 100 such paintings. They show Hindu deities and their vehicles, the Guardians of the Quarters, the avataras (incarnations) of Vishnu, and the story of Krishna. The subject matter is unusual. Company paintings generally showed more popular themes such as occupations and costume. An Englishman with scholarly interests must have commissioned this one.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Brahma (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting; gouache on watermarked paper, Brahma, Trichinopoly, ca. 1825 |
| Physical description | Brahma with his shakti, Saraswati, seated on his vahana, the cosmic goose. One of a set of 100 drawings of Hindu deities and their vehicles. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr A. Churchill, 1923. |
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| Summary | The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This example is from a collection of 100 such paintings. They show Hindu deities and their vehicles, the Guardians of the Quarters, the avataras (incarnations) of Vishnu, and the story of Krishna. The subject matter is unusual. Company paintings generally showed more popular themes such as occupations and costume. An Englishman with scholarly interests must have commissioned this one. |
| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 30 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.418-1923 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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