Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jaipur (made)

A brush drawing, ink on paper, depicting the Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds) at Jaipur.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Drawings
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn and painted with brush, in ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Drawn
Painted
Brief description
Brush drawing, Hawa Mahal at Jaipur, ink on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1750
Physical description
A brush drawing, ink on paper, depicting the Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds) at Jaipur.
Dimensions
  • Height: 315mm
  • Width: 428mm
15/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
The Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds) at Jaipur.
Style
Jaipur
Marks and inscriptions
'Hawa Mahal' (handwritten on object)
Translation
'Palace of the Winds (or Breeze)'
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha.
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson collection.
Subject depicted
Palace
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.484-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O430875/drawing-unknown/
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