Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jaipur (made)

A brush drawing in ink on paper, depicting a group of ascetics taking a meal in a palace courtyard.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Eating
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn and painted with brush, in ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Drawn
Painted
Brief description
Brush drawing, group of ascetics in palace courtyard, Jaipur, ink on paper, ca. 1840
Physical description
A brush drawing in ink on paper, depicting a group of ascetics taking a meal in a palace courtyard.
Dimensions
  • Cardboard mount onto which object is mounted; also absolute maximum dimensions of object height: 266mm (absolute maximum (object))
  • Cardboard mount onto which object is mounted; also absolute maximum dimensions of object width: 357mm (absolute maximum (object))
08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
A group of ascetics taking a meal in a palace courtyard.
Style
Jaipur
Credit line
Given by Colonel T.G. Gayer-Anderson, C.M.G., D.S.O. and Major R.G. Anderson, Pasha.
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson collection.
Subjects depicted
Palace
Courtyard
Ascetics
Food
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.477-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433248/drawing-unknown/
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