Not currently on display at the V&A

One of forty-five drawings of Muharram scenes, occupations, festivals and ceremonies.

Painting
ca.1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Squatting woman with children.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleOne of forty-five drawings of Muharram scenes, occupations, festivals and ceremonies. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on mica (Drawing in black).
Brief description
Painting; gouache on mica, Squatting woman with children, Murshidabad, ca.1800.
Physical description
Squatting woman with children.
Dimensions
  • Possibly length: 10cm
  • Possibly width: 7.5cm
  • Possibly length: 25.5cm
  • Possibly width: 19cm
Style
Object history
These mica drawings were aquired in Patna in 1948 from Ishwari Prasad.
The drawings in white line had been kept by his family as tracings for further paintings.
Subjects depicted
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 197 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
IS.34:41-1961

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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