Nautch Party

Physical description

Nautch-party: Social entertainment with three women, two dancing and one keeping time by hand-clapping, followed by five men - two playing sarangis, one with hand-cymbals, one with a mridanga, one with a tambura - followed by two more women, one young, one older, the latter wearing a Kashmir shawl and a red, yellow and green mashroo skirt. From a volume containing thirty folios depicting castes, occupations, methods of cultivation and procession scenes.
One of a volume of thirty folios depicting castes, occupations, methods of cultivation and procession scenes.

Place of Origin

Thanjavur, India (made)

Date

ca. 1830 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Watercolour and gouache on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'Hindoostany Natch'

Dimensions

Height: 39.5 cm, Width: 58.5 cm

Object history note

From a volume containing thirty folios depicting castes, occupations, methods of cultivation and processions. Bought from Mr. G. Goolden who had it from his late cousin Richard Goolden. RP 87/672

Descriptive line

Painting; gouache and watercolour, of a Nautch-party, social entertainment with dancing girls, Tanjore, ca. 1830

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 59 - 65 p. ISBN 0944142303

Materials

Paper; Watercolour; Gouache

Techniques

Painting

Subjects depicted

Musicians; Dancers; Processions

Categories

Paintings; Indian Company Paintings

Collection code

SSEA