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An album containing fifty-three drawings depicting occupations.

Painting
ca.1815 - ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lucknow (made)

A duenna and a young woman.


Object details

Categories
Indian Company Paintings
Toys & Games
Object type
Painting
TitleAn album containing fifty-three drawings depicting occupations. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Painted
Brief description
Paintings, tempera, Lucknow School
Physical description
A duenna and a young woman.
Dimensions
  • Length: 22.5cm
  • Width: 15cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscribed with identifications in Urdu and sometimes English.)
  • 'A female adviser or Duenna' (Inscribed:)
Subjects depicted
Tradition
Duenna
Woman
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 126 p. ISBN 0944142303
  • The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 Number: ISBN 0 906969 26 3 p. 53, no. 102 Andrew Topsfield
Other number
7970 - Previous number
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
AL.7970:32

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O405616/an-album-containing-fifty-three-painting-unknown/
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