Not currently on display at the V&A

Sports and Pastimes of Nobility

Album Page
1774 (made)
Place of origin

Kite-flying.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSports and Pastimes of Nobility (series title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 24 (Gentil numbered two successive pages '22'). Kite-flying.
Physical description
Kite-flying.
Dimensions
  • Length: 37cm
  • Width: 53.5cm
Style
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.)
Subject 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 121 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
IS.25:25-1980

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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