Nob Kishen's nautch party
Watercolour Illustration
1825-1828 (painted)
1825-1828 (painted)
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Watercolour illustration showing a nautch party at which Europeans cavort on chairs, with dancing girls in the background. The assorted chairs depicted include one with the back-looped arms later associated with the courts of the Sikhs.
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Title | Nob Kishen's nautch party (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper |
Brief description | Watercolour illustration intended for D'Oyly's satirical poem 'Tom Raw, The Griffin', showing a nautch party. |
Physical description | Watercolour illustration showing a nautch party at which Europeans cavort on chairs, with dancing girls in the background. The assorted chairs depicted include one with the back-looped arms later associated with the courts of the Sikhs. |
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Gallery label | This illustration to the poem, Tom Raw, the Griffin, shows Tom attending a party where Nawab Kishan, a rich Hindu merchant, is entertaining a fashionable party of Europeans to a nautch performance. Other pictures depict Tom sitting for his portrait in George Chinnery’s Calcutta studio and losing money at a lottery. |
Object history | Intended as an illustration to Sir Charles D'Oyly's satirical poem 'Tom Raw, The Griffin', London, 1828, but omitted from the published version. |
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Literary reference | intended as an illustration to D'Oyly's satirical poem 'Tom Raw, The Griffin', London, 1828 |
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Accession number | IS.2-1980 |
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Record created | December 20, 1999 |
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