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A man in white robe and turban

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

A bearded man in white robe and turban, with a green shawl, standing on a terrace, one leg raised and resting against a stick. He wears one slipper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA man in white robe and turban (generic title)
Materials and techniques
opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting; opaque watercolour on paper, Murshidabad ca. 1760 - ca. 1764
Physical description
A bearded man in white robe and turban, with a green shawl, standing on a terrace, one leg raised and resting against a stick. He wears one slipper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 241mm (maximum)
  • Width: 164mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 208mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 134mm (maximum)
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
W.F. 1764 (written on the back. 'WF' refers to the collector William Fullarton.)
Credit line
Purchased from Martinus Nijhoff
Object history
Formerly in the collection of William Fullarton, who wrote his initials on the back of the folio.
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.1193-1903

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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