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Painting

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, girl standing beneath a flowering tree, gazing at a pair of pigeons. She wears ochre-coloured garments, embroidered with gold.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, lady and pigeons, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Kangra, ca. 1790
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, girl standing beneath a flowering tree, gazing at a pair of pigeons. She wears ochre-coloured garments, embroidered with gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 235mm
  • Width: 175mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 160mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 91mm
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Girl standing beneath a flowering tree, gazing at a pair of pigeons.
Style
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.165-1955

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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