Painting
ca. 1760 - ca. 1764 (made)
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This is one of a group of seven portraits of Indian men and women from a scrapbook. It belonged to William Fullerton of Rosemount, and some of the people depicted may have been members of his household. The woman in this picture sits on a Dutch-style chair, smoking a huqqa resting on a candlestand with tripod legs derived from English patterns.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting of an Indian woman sitting on a chair smoking a huqqa, opaque watercolour on paper, Patna, probably by the Murshidabad artist Dip Chand, c.1760-1764 |
| Physical description | An Indian lady squatting on a European-style chair smoking a huqqa, which is on a small table. She wears a white gown and a green gold-edged shawl. In the backgroundis a green hedge. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | W.F.
(W.F. refers to William Fullerton who commissioned this painting) |
| Credit line | Purchased from Martinus Nijhoff |
| Object history | William Fullerton (d.1805) was a Scottish surgeon based in Patna. He commissioned a set of illustrations of acquaintances and members of his household. See D.1181 to 1183-1903 and D.1187-1903, D.1193 to 1195-1903. The museum purchased the set from Martinus Nijhoff in 1903. Registered file T88848/1903 RP 51/2237 |
| Production | The painting is the style of Dip Chand of Murshidabad. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This is one of a group of seven portraits of Indian men and women from a scrapbook. It belonged to William Fullerton of Rosemount, and some of the people depicted may have been members of his household. The woman in this picture sits on a Dutch-style chair, smoking a huqqa resting on a candlestand with tripod legs derived from English patterns. |
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| Accession number | D.1181-1903 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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