Depictions of a Plumbeous redstart and a Kingfisher of Northern India
Painting
ca. 1820 (made)
ca. 1820 (made)
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A depiction of Plumbeous redstart and Kingfisher of Northern India
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Title | Depictions of a Plumbeous redstart and a Kingfisher of Northern India (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Water colour on torn and stained paper laid on the album page |
Brief description | Paintings; water colour, Depiction of a Plumbeous redstart on one side of the folio and a Kingfisher on the other, Kangra, ca. 1820 |
Physical description | A depiction of Plumbeous redstart and Kingfisher of Northern India |
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Marks and inscriptions | "Plumbious Redstart" (a)
"Kingfisher" (b) (Most of the paintings are inscribed with names usually in the Dogri form of Takri,which has been transliterated, and the English names added in pencil at a later date. This folio has only the English names.) |
Object history | Presented by Robert Scott Greenshields (Indian Civil Service, Bengal and Assam 1879-1910), 1929 |
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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, 170 p ISBN 0944142303 |
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Accession number | E.426-1929 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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