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Vishnu

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

Vishnu, placed diagonally on the page, holds the disc and conch in two of his hands while the other two make abhaya-mudra and varada-mudra.


Object details

Categories
Hinduism
Paintings
Indian Company Paintings
Object type
Painting
TitleVishnu
Materials and techniques
Gouache on watermarked paper
Gouache
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting; gouache on watermarked paper, Vishnu, Trichinopoly, ca. 1825.
Physical description
Vishnu, placed diagonally on the page, holds the disc and conch in two of his hands while the other two make abhaya-mudra and varada-mudra.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22cm
  • Width: 18cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscription; decoration; Telugu; Telugu; Beneath illustration)
  • '39. Mahavistnoo Agheelanda-cody Brimandasvaigah.' (Inscription; decoration; English; Roman)
Object history
Purchased from Mr A. Churchill, 1923.
Subject depicted
Vishnu
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 28 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.393-1923

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Record createdJuly 21, 2000
Record URL
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