A sepoy
Painting
ca. 1785 (painted)
ca. 1785 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This is a page from the Boileau Album. The album contains 42 Company paintings probably made by an artist from Thanjavur (Tanjore) living in Madras. Painting in Madras at this early period appears to have been linked mainly to individual patronage. John Peter Boileau commissioned this album. Boileau, whose ancestors were French, served as a member of the Madras Civil Service from 1765 to 1785. He probably had the album made to take back home to England when he retired.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | A sepoy (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Paintings; Watercolour on English paper, A sepoy, Madras, ca. 1785 |
| Physical description | A sepoy requisitioning rice from villages, who are moving it from sacks to a huge bag. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | N10. The Quantity of Paddy Retails (Inscription; Decoration; English; Roman) |
| Summary | This is a page from the Boileau Album. The album contains 42 Company paintings probably made by an artist from Thanjavur (Tanjore) living in Madras. Painting in Madras at this early period appears to have been linked mainly to individual patronage. John Peter Boileau commissioned this album. Boileau, whose ancestors were French, served as a member of the Madras Civil Service from 1765 to 1785. He probably had the album made to take back home to England when he retired. |
| 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 37 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.75:10-1954 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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