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Painting

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a prince with a courtier, smoking a huqqa, a hawk and another bird are in the foreground. Both men wear white belted robes and red turbans.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, prince with courtier, opaque watercolour on paper, Bilaspur, ca. 1760
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a prince with a courtier, smoking a huqqa, a hawk and another bird are in the foreground. Both men wear white belted robes and red turbans.
Dimensions
  • Height: 204mm (maximum )
  • Width: 140mm (maximum)
  • Paper onto which object mounted height: 250mm
  • Paper onto which object mounted width: 170mm
08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A prince with a courtier, smoking a huqqa, two birds are in the foreground.
Style
Object history
IS. 90 to 128-1954 were purchased for £150, from Maggs Bros.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.128-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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