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A man

Painting
ca. 1760 - ca. 1764 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The same man as D 1182-1903, seated on a terrace outside a hut, smoking a nargila, a lota on the ground. in the background a river, boats and a hill.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA man (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache
Brief description
Painting, gouache, A man, Murshidabad, ca. 1760 - ca. 1764
Physical description
The same man as D 1182-1903, seated on a terrace outside a hut, smoking a nargila, a lota on the ground. in the background a river, boats and a hill.
Dimensions
  • Height: 236mm (maximum)
  • Width: 162mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 205mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 132mm (maximum)
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
W.F. 1764 (Inscribed on the back)
Credit line
Purchased from Martinus Nijhoff
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, 75 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
D.1195-1903

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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