Cartoon (Working Drawing)

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Jaipur (made)

A brush drawing, in ink on paper, pricked for pouncing (for use as a pinhole stencil), depicting a Holy man in meditation beneath a tree, being offered food by peris. A version of the feeding of Sultan Ibrahim.

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Categories	Drawings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Cartoon (working drawing)
Materials and techniques	Drawn with brush in ink on paper, pricked Ink Paper Drawn Painted Pricked
Brief description	Cartoon, Holy man, version of the feeding of Sultan Ibrahim, ink on paper, pricked, Jaipur, ca. 1840
Physical description	A brush drawing, in ink on paper, pricked for pouncing (for use as a pinhole stencil), depicting a Holy man in meditation beneath a tree, being offered food by peris. A version of the feeding of Sultan Ibrahim.
Dimensions	Height: 190mm (estimated behind mount) Width: 145mm (estimated behind mount) 15/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; not possible to accurately measure object due to the way in which it is mounted.
Content description	Holy man in meditation beneath a tree, being offered food by peris. A version of the feeding of Sultan Ibrahim.
Style	Jaipur
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.
Subjects depicted	Ruler Food
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.504-1952

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O431980/cartoon-working-drawing-unknown/

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