A chair-caner and his wife
Painting
ca. 1830 (painted)
ca. 1830 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This one comes from a set of 12 showing a man and his wife with the implements of their trade.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A chair-caner and his wife (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on watermarked paper |
| Brief description | Painting; watercolour, a man carrying a chair and a woman holding a roll of cane, Malabar Coast or Coorg, ca. 1830 |
| Physical description | One of twelve paintings of castes and occupations, showing a man and his wife with the implements of their trade. A simple European style chair is being caned; tools lie on the ground, and the chair caner's wife stands next to him. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Choonamboo Paravan[cunnampu paravan] (English, inscribed with the name of the cast transliterated from Tamil or Malayalam) |
| Production | On paper with watermark dated 1826 |
| Summary | The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This one comes from a set of 12 showing a man and his wife with the implements of their trade. |
| 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, 69 p ISBN 0944142303
Guy, J., and Swallow, D., (eds). ‘Arts of India: 1550-1900’. London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990. ISBN 1851770224.p.204, pl.180. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.263-1951 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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