Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kota (made)

Brush drawing in ink on paper, sketches of a bull and a horse's head, and a study of a bird on a rock.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Animals and Wildlife
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn with brush in ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Drawn
Painted
Brief description
Brush drawing, animal sketches, ink on paper, Kota, ca. 1820
Physical description
Brush drawing in ink on paper, sketches of a bull and a horse's head, and a study of a bird on a rock.
Dimensions
  • Height: 105mm
  • Width: 145mm (minimum, estimate)
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; not possible to accurately measure object due to the way in which it is mounted
Content description
Sketches of a bull and a horse's head, and a study of a bird on a rock.
Styles
Rajasthani
Kota
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
Animals
Bull
Horse
Bird
Rock
Bibliographic reference
Archer, W.G. Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah Cat. no. 19, p. 55.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.389-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433263/drawing-unknown/
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