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Harihara attended by Parvati and Lakshmi

Painting
ca. 1820 - ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Tiruchchirappalli (made)

Harihara attended by Parvati and Lakshmi.


Object details

Categories
Hinduism
Paintings
Indian Company Paintings
Object type
Painting
TitleHarihara attended by Parvati and Lakshmi (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on watermarked paper
Gouache
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting; gouache on watermarked paper, Harihara attended by Parvati and Lakshmi, Trichinopoly, ca. 1825.
Physical description
Harihara attended by Parvati and Lakshmi.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22cm
  • Width: 18cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscription; decoration; Telugu; Telugu; Beneath illustration)
  • '25. Paramaswera with the Goddesses' (Inscription; decoration; English; Roman; Beneath illustration)
Object history
Purchased from Mr A. Churchill, 1923.
Subjects depicted
Deities
Parvati
Lakshmi
Harihara
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 27 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.379-1923

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Record createdJuly 20, 2000
Record URL
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