Not currently on display at the V&A

Fourteen drawings of occupations.

Painting
ca.1850 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A grinder or sharpener of daggers.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleFourteen drawings of occupations. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Paintings, watercolour, Lucknow, ca.1850
Physical description
A grinder or sharpener of daggers.
Dimensions
  • Length: 27cm
  • Width: 19cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscribed at top in Persian characters with identification.)
  • 'sangar' (Inscribed:)
Subjects depicted
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 127 p. ISBN 0944142303
Other number
8042 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
AL.8042:52

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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