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Rites and Festivals of Muslims and the main Hindu Castes

Album Page
ca. 1774 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Faizabad (made)

The wedding of Shuja's son: gifts being brought, the wedding procession, the feast being held in a garden.


Object details

Categories
Indian Company Paintings
Jewellery
Object type
Album page
TitleRites and Festivals of Muslims and the main Hindu Castes (series title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Paper
Painting
Brief description
Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 32 (Gentil numbered two successive pages '22'). The wedding of Shuja's son.
Physical description
The wedding of Shuja's son: gifts being brought, the wedding procession, the feast being held in a garden.
Dimensions
  • Length: 37cm
  • Width: 53.5cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with notes relating to the illustrations and a list of contents giving Gentil's title and a brief description for each folio. Inscribed inside front cover.)
Subjects depicted
Marriage
Jewellery
Gifts
Feast
Garden
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 121 p. ISBN 0944142303 Chanchal Dadlani, ‘Transporting India. The Gentil Album and Mughal Manuscript Culture’, Art History. 2025, pp. 748-761
  • The Jewels of India: Marg, 1995 Number: ISBN 81-85026-30-0 p. 84, cat. 2
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.25:33-1980

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2000
Record URL
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