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Rites and Festivals of Muslims and the main Hindu Castes

Album Page
1774 (made)
Place of origin
Faizabad (made)

View of Mecca showing the Black stone.


Object details

Category
Indian Company Paintings
Object type
Album page
TitleRites and Festivals of Muslims and the main Hindu Castes (series title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Brief description
Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, 1774. Page number 26 (Gentil numbered two successive pages '22'). View of Mecca showing the Black Stone. The text on the back of this page relates to the next image, IS.25:28-1980.
Physical description
View of Mecca showing the Black stone.
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.)
Place depicted
Mecca
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
  • p.171, fig.122 (catalogue incorrectly cites this as Folio 25, IS.25:26-1980 but is actually Folio 26, IS.25:27-1980) Ed. Venetia Porter, Hajj. Journey to the Heart of Islam, (British Museum Press, London), 2012, ISBN.9780714111766
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.25:27-1980

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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