Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Murshidabad (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, a lady praying beside a lamp in a rocky landscape at night.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, lady praying by lamp, opaque watercolour on paper, Murshidabad, ca. 1760
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, a lady praying beside a lamp in a rocky landscape at night.
Dimensions
  • Height: 236mm (maximum)
  • Width: 174mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 200mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 142mm (maximum)
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of the Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
A lady praying beside a lamp in a rocky landscape at night.
Styles
Mughal
Murshidabad School
Credit line
Purchased from Martinus Nijhoff
Object history
Transferred from the Department of Engraving, Illustration & Design.

RP 51/2237
Subjects depicted
Woman
Lamp
Rocks
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
D.1188-1903

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O405476/painting-unknown/
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