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Painting

1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mola Ram (maker)
Place of origin
Dugadda (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting mor priya, a lady with a peacock on a terrace.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, lady and peacock, mor priya, by Mola Ram, opaque watercolour on paper, Dugadda (Garhwal), dated 1775
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting mor priya, a lady with a peacock on a terrace.
Dimensions
  • Height: 189mm
  • Width: 116mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 150mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 83mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Mor priya, a lady with a peacock on a terrace.
Style
Pahari
Marks and inscriptions
  • (handwritten in Hindi above painting; translation by O. C. Gangoly)
    Translation
    'What are thousands and Lakhs or millions of gold and villages? Molaram cares only for appreciation, Sambat 1832 (1775 A. D.), the fifth day of the bright fortnight of Phalgun; well be it'
  • (the register description states this to have been written 'on the paper cover'; translated by Mukundi Lal)
    Translation
    'Mola Ram says that this heroine (Padmini) who is tortured by pangs of separation, goes in quest of her beloved just as a hero goes to the battlefield. Her body is beautiful like the moon and glowing like the glass. She is dashing forth like lightning in the clouds. She rushed on looking all round. She was approached by a peacock. She took off her wristlet and showed it to the peacock to ward him off because by its noise she was rather frightened'.
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Peacock
Woman
Terrace
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.122-1955

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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