Not currently on display at the V&A

One of sixty-three paintings depicting occupations, festivals and ships.

Painting
ca.1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A dancing -girl.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleOne of sixty-three paintings depicting occupations, festivals and ships. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on mica (White line drawing).
Brief description
Painting; gouache on mica, A dancing -girl, Murshidabad, ca.1830.
Physical description
A dancing -girl.
Dimensions
  • Length: 11cm
  • Width: 7.5cm
Style
Object history
These paintings were acquired by W.G. Archer in Patna in 1948 from Ishwari Prasad, the Patna painter, who attributed them to his Murshidabad ancestors and had retained them as models for further paintings.
Subject 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 199 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
IS.36:57-1961

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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