A Weaver and his wife
Painting
ca. 1800 (painted), c. 1800 (made)
ca. 1800 (painted), c. 1800 (made)
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The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This one comes from a set of 14 depicting castes and occupations, and shows a cotton-weaver and his wife preparing the warp threads for weaving by brushing them with a starch or rice paste to make them more easy to weave.
Object details
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| Title | A Weaver and his wife (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Paintings; gouache, A Weaver and his wife, Tanjore, ca. 1800 |
| Physical description | One of fourteen paintings of castes and occupations, this one of a weaver and his wife; the man brushing a warp, the woman holding a bobbin (asari). One of fourteen paintings of castes and occupations. The woman at the left, the man at the right, the warp between them. Landscape behind, a pot in foreground. |
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| Summary | The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This one comes from a set of 14 depicting castes and occupations, and shows a cotton-weaver and his wife preparing the warp threads for weaving by brushing them with a starch or rice paste to make them more easy to weave. |
| 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, 57 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Other number | 8940 - Previous number |
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| Accession number | AL.8940N |
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| Record created | January 21, 2000 |
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