Painting
ca. 1840 (made)
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An opaque watercolour on paper depicting a Sikh nobleman in a chair. Dressed in white coat and turban, with yellow scarf and orange-red trousers, sitting in a black chair. He holds a long sword in a green scabbard, facing left, with a black shield on his back. On the floor a white carpet with large floral patterns in green, blue and red, blue surround, white archway. To the rear a grey wall with door - a grey blind tied up above it and belong it a pale blue background.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
Brief description | Painting, prince in Sikh costume seated on chair, Sikh, Punjab Plain, ca. 1840 |
Physical description | An opaque watercolour on paper depicting a Sikh nobleman in a chair. Dressed in white coat and turban, with yellow scarf and orange-red trousers, sitting in a black chair. He holds a long sword in a green scabbard, facing left, with a black shield on his back. On the floor a white carpet with large floral patterns in green, blue and red, blue surround, white archway. To the rear a grey wall with door - a grey blind tied up above it and belong it a pale blue background. |
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Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund |
Object history | Previously in the Rothenstein Collection. |
Production | Sikh |
Bibliographic reference | Paintings of the Sikhs / W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1966
p. 146, cat. no. 24, fig. 51. |
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Accession number | IS.192-1951 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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