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Painting

ca. 1750 - ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Raja Balwant Singh's favourite elephant, with attendants.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Raja Balwant Singh's favourite elephant, attributed to Nainsukh, opaque watercolour on paper, Jammu, ca. 1750-1755
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Raja Balwant Singh's favourite elephant, with attendants.
Dimensions
  • Height: 169mm (maximum)
  • Width: 262mm (maximum)
19/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project; object irregular in shape
Content description
Raja Balwant Singh's favourite elephant, with attendants.
Style
Credit line
Given by Miss Margaret W. Patterson
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. 204, cat. no. 45
Collection
Accession number
IS.184-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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