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Painting

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a ruler, possibly Raja Vijay Pal (1776-1806), entertained by singers and musicians.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, ruler, possibly Raja Vijay Pal. listening to singers, opaque watercolour on paper, Nurpur, ca. 1780
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a ruler, possibly Raja Vijay Pal (1776-1806), entertained by singers and musicians.
Dimensions
  • Height: 178mm (maximum)
  • Width: 264mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted border height: 165mm
  • Image within innermost painted border width: 254mm
26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Painting Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
A ruler, possibly Raja Vijay Pal (1776-1806), entertained by singers and musicians.
Styles
Credit line
Given by Col. J.G. Gayer-Anderson C.M.G., D.S.G. and Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson.
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson collection. The donors were twin brothers.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 402, cat. n0. 48
Collection
Accession number
IS.150-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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