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Painting

1794 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kulu (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Vishnu and Lakshmi riding on Garuda, carrying a tree, the 'rape of the wishing tree' from a Bhagavata Purana series.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Vishnu and Lakshmi riding on Garuda, wishing tree, Bhagavata Purana, by Bhagvan, Kulu, 1794
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Vishnu and Lakshmi riding on Garuda, carrying a tree, the 'rape of the wishing tree' from a Bhagavata Purana series.
Dimensions
  • Height: 140mm (maximum)
  • Width: 187mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 116mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 166mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Vishnu and Lakshmi riding on Garuda, the 'rape of the wishing tree' from a Bhagavata Purana series.
Style
Kulu
Object history
IS. 90 to 128-1954 were purchased for £150, from Maggs Bros. Register description: 'Other pages of this manuscript including one bearign a colophon are in the National Museum, New Delhi. The colophon states that "these paintings of a God (Bhagavan) were executed at the instance [sic] of Sri Pritham Singh in the city of Raghunathpura (i.e. Kulu vide Hutchiinson and Vogel), dated Samvat 1851, asvina, 2nd tithi of 2nd fortnight (i.e. Friday 26 Sept, 1794 A.D. assuming that 2nd fortnight means "Sukla paksha"). (See W. G. A. Indian tour notes for fuller text)." '
Subjects depicted
Deities
Tree
Vishnu
Lakshmi
Garuda
Literary referenceBhagavata Purana
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.114-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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