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Painting

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Punjab Hills (made)
Guler (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a nobleman on horseback, with retainers on foot in the background.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, nobleman on horseback, opaque watercolour on paper, Pahari, possibly Guler, ca. 1800
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a nobleman on horseback, with retainers on foot in the background.
Dimensions
  • Image within innermost painter border height: 196mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 148mm (maximum)
  • Height: 218mm (maximum)
  • Width: 171mm (maximum)
19/06/2013 dimensions measured as party of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013 ; object irregular in shape
Content description
A nobleman on horseback, with retainers on foot in the background.
Style
Pahari
Subjects depicted
Nobleman
Servants
Equestrians
Horses
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.461-1950

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433201/painting-unknown/
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