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Depictions of a Plumbeous redstart and a Kingfisher of Northern India

Painting
ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A depiction of Plumbeous redstart and Kingfisher of Northern India


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleDepictions 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
Dimensions
  • Length: 22.5cm
  • Width: 16.5 cm
Style
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
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, 170 p ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
E.426-1929

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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