Sports and Pastimes of Nobility
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1774 (made)
1774 (made)
| Place of origin |
Games, including chaupar, chess, cards, tric-trac, games with cowries, archery, dagger and sword play, exercises with Indian clubs, wrestling and athletics.
Object details
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| Title | Sports and Pastimes of Nobility (assigned by owner) |
| Brief description | Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 22a (Gentil numbered two successive pages '22'). Games including chaupar, chess, cards and tric-trac. |
| Physical description | Games, including chaupar, chess, cards, tric-trac, games with cowries, archery, dagger and sword play, exercises with Indian clubs, wrestling and athletics. |
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| 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.) |
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| 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 120 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.25:23-1980 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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