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Mian Dalbir Chand

Painting
ca. 1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Mian Dalbir Chand seated.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMian Dalbir Chand (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Mian Dalbir Chand seated, opaque watercolour on paper, Bilaspur, ca. 1710
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Mian Dalbir Chand seated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 184mm (maximum)
  • Width: 139mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 160mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 115mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object and painted borders irregular in shape
Content description
Mian Dalbir Chand seated.
Style
Object history
IS. 90 to 128-1954 were purchased for £150, from Maggs Bros. Originally in the stock of Abdullah&Sons of Hathipole, Udaipur, and earlier in the family collection of Thakur Iswari Singh of Bilaspur, Sirmoor, now a resident of Udaipur. Iswari Singh's great-grandfather Raja Kharakh Chand was ruler of Bilaspur (1824-39). The picture was among those which fell to Iswari Singh's branch of the family on the division of the collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.127-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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