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Tilly Kettle painting a portrait of Shuja ud-Daula and his ten sons

Painting
ca. 1815 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lucknow (made)

Watercolour on paper depicting Tilly Kettle painting a portrait of Shuja ud-Daula and his ten sons.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Images Online
Portraits
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitleTilly Kettle painting a portrait of Shuja ud-Daula and his ten sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
painting; watercolour on paper depicting Tilly Kettle painting a portrait of Shuja ud-Daula and his ten sons, Lucknow, ca. 1815
Physical description
Watercolour on paper depicting Tilly Kettle painting a portrait of Shuja ud-Daula and his ten sons.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41cm
  • Width: 57cm
  • Height: 364mm (Image size) (Note: measurements taken from Maharajas touring exhibition loan file)
  • Width: 542mm (Image size) (Note: measurements taken from Maharajas touring exhibition loan file)
Style
Company
Object history
Tilly Kettle worked as an artist at Faizabad in 1772-3. The Nawabs of Awadh offered considerable patronage to the arts and crafts.
Subjects depicted
Portraits
Shuja Ud-Daula
Bibliographic references
  • Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224, p.181, pl.154. Archer, Mildred. <u> Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period</u> Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 114, 115 p ISBN 0944142303
  • Abdelwahab Meddeb, Occident vist des d'Orient, Barcelona, 2005, reproduced in colour p. 108, see text p. 109
  • Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. ISBN 9787513403917. pps. 240-241
  • The Indian Portrait: 1560-1860 London: National Portrait Gallery, 2010 Number: 978 1 85514 409 5 p. 152, fig. no. 52
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.5-1971

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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