Mahatt seated on a chair
Painting
1764 (painted)
1764 (painted)
| Place of origin |
An Indian woman in a yellow semi-transparent sari and red pyjama trousers half squatting on a European style chair on a terrace, smoking a huqqa which is on a small stand. In the foreground a parapet and a flower-bed with poppies.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Mahatt seated on a chair (alternative title) |
| Materials and techniques | Opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting of an Indian woman sitting on a chair smoking a huqqa, Patna, probablay by the Murshidabad artist Dip Chand, 1764 |
| Physical description | An Indian woman in a yellow semi-transparent sari and red pyjama trousers half squatting on a European style chair on a terrace, smoking a huqqa which is on a small stand. In the foreground a parapet and a flower-bed with poppies. |
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| Styles | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Mahatt. W.F.1764 (inscribed on back)
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| Gallery label | This painting is inscribed ‘Mahatt. W.F. 1764’ on the reverse. Mahatt is likely to be the name of the sitter and W.F refers to William Fullerton (d.1805), a Scottish surgeon based in Patna, who commissioned the painting. This is one of a set of illustrations of acquaintances and members of Fullerton’s household. Mahatt is half-squatting in an Indian fashion on a European style chair while smoking a huqqa. (March 2022) |
| Credit line | Purchased from Martinus Nijhoff in 1903 |
| Object history | Purchased from Martinus Nijhoff in 1903 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| 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, 75 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.1183-1903 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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