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Painting - A parrot

A parrot

  • Object:

    Painting

  • Place of origin:

    Patna, India (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1870 (painted)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Hulas Lal, born 1780 - died 1879 (probably, painter (artist))

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Watercolour on paper

  • Credit Line:

    P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest, through The Art Fund

  • Museum number:

    IS.96-1949

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This one was painted around 1870 and is probably the work of Bahadur Lal II, who worked in Patna.

Physical description

A watercolour, with coloured borders, of a parrot tethered to a perch.

Place of Origin

Patna, India (made)

Date

ca. 1870 (painted)

Artist/maker

Hulas Lal, born 1780 - died 1879 (probably, painter (artist))

Materials and Techniques

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

Length: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm

Object history note

Red mounts and the hills were addded by Ishwari Prasad's son, who worked as a mounter and restorer for P.C. Manuk.

Descriptive line

Painting; watercolour, a parrot tethered to a perch, Patna, ca. 1870

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 93, 95 p ISBN 0944142303

Materials

Paper; Watercolour

Techniques

Painted

Subjects depicted

Parrot (bird)

Categories

Paintings; Animals and Wildlife; Indian Company Paintings

Collection code

SSEA

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