Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

ca. 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brush drawing, in ink on goldbeater's skin, a bust portrait of a youth, superimposed on a reclining nude study.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn using brush, in ink on goldbeater's skin (the outer lining of a calf's intestine, used in the production of gold leaf)
Brief description
Brush drawing, bust portrait of youth superimposed on reclining nude, in ink on goldbeater's skin, India, ca. 1860
Physical description
Brush drawing, in ink on goldbeater's skin, a bust portrait of a youth, superimposed on a reclining nude study.
Dimensions
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object height: 133mm (absolute maximum)
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object width: 158mm (absolute maximum)
Measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project (05/06/2013). Not possible to accurately measure object due to the way in which it is mounted.
Content description
A bust portrait of a youth, superimposed on a reclining nude study.
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
Collection
Accession number
IS.333-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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