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Painting

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a quayside with European seamen unloading a shipment of bales in the foreground. Most likely based on a European print.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, European seamen, at a quayside, opaque watercolour on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1780
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a quayside with European seamen unloading a shipment of bales in the foreground. Most likely based on a European print.
Dimensions
  • Height: 103mm
  • Width: 143mm
08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
European seamen unloading a shipment of bales in the foreground.
Style
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.221-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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