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Painting

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, of ladies in a chamber of a castle, which is surrounded by soldiers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, ladies in castle chamber, soldiers outside, probably Kashmir, 18th century
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, of ladies in a chamber of a castle, which is surrounded by soldiers.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 350mm
  • Page width: 184mm (maximum, estimate)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 296mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 133mm
17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; not possible to accurately measure object width due to the way in which it is mounted.
Content description
Ladies in a chamber of a castle, which is surrounded by soldiers.
Style
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.249-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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