Painting
18th century (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a prince spying on ladies bathing; in the foreground is a river in which three ladies are bathing, one in yellow sits on the grassy bank with her feet in the water, another in a purple robe sits in the stream up to her waist, and the third dressed in white stands between the other two holding her sari to shield them from the gaze of the prince whose head appears above trees in the middle distance; to the left is a carriage with driver and two white bullocks.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, prince spying on ladies bathing, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Lucknow, 18th century |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a prince spying on ladies bathing; in the foreground is a river in which three ladies are bathing, one in yellow sits on the grassy bank with her feet in the water, another in a purple robe sits in the stream up to her waist, and the third dressed in white stands between the other two holding her sari to shield them from the gaze of the prince whose head appears above trees in the middle distance; to the left is a carriage with driver and two white bullocks. |
| Content description | A prince spying on ladies bathing; in the foreground is a river in which three ladies are bathing, one in yellow sits on the grassy bank with her feet in the water, another in a purple robe sits in the stream up to her waist, and the third dressed in white stands between the other two holding her sari to shield them from the gaze of the prince whose head appears above trees in the middle distance; to the left is a carriage with driver and two white bullocks. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from Arhur Churchill, Esq., 10 Dover Street, W |
| Production | Provincial Mughal style. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.96-1922 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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