Painting
late 18th century (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Maratha nobleman and wife, seated facing opposite each other on a white and gold carpet, smoking huqqas on a palace terrace. Two male and one seated female attendant wait upon them. In the background is a square tank and fountain, fruit trees, flowers and a pavilion. In the background is a distant view of a river and its opposite bank.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Maratha nobleman and wife, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, late 18th century |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Maratha nobleman and wife, seated facing opposite each other on a white and gold carpet, smoking huqqas on a palace terrace. Two male and one seated female attendant wait upon them. In the background is a square tank and fountain, fruit trees, flowers and a pavilion. In the background is a distant view of a river and its opposite bank. |
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| Content description | Maratha nobleman and wife, seated facing opposite each other on a white and gold carpet, smoking huqqas on a palace terrace. Two male and one seated female attendant wait upon them. In the background is a square tank and fountain, fruit trees, flowers and a pavilion. In the background is a distant view of a river and its opposite bank. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir Robert Nathan, K.C.S.I., C.I.E |
| Object history | This and other paintings also given by Sir Robert Nathan's Executors were thought to have been bought by him in 1904-1905 when he was Private Secretary to the Viceroy, from 'the Moulvi Muhammad Husain, Judge, Small Cause Court, Delhi'. RP 1921/4451 Dalrymple, William and Sharma, Yuthika (eds). Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857. New York : Asia Society ; New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780300176667 ; 030017666X. p. 96-97, cat. no. 23. |
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| Accession number | IM.252-1921 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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