Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brush drawing on paper, ink with patches of watercolour, depicting the gods in Vishnu's heaven.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn and painted using a brush, in ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing, gods in Vishnu's heaven, drawn and painted on paper, Bharatpur, ca. 1830
Physical description
Brush drawing on paper, ink with patches of watercolour, depicting the gods in Vishnu's heaven.
Dimensions
  • Height: 306mm (maximum)
  • Width: 205mm (maximum)
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Gods in Vishnu's heaven.
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.443-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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