Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

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

A brush drawing in ink on paper, depicting a dancing girl.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Dance
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn with brush in ink on paper
Paper
Ink
Drawn
Painted
Brief description
Brush drawing, dancing girl, ink on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1830
Physical description
A brush drawing in ink on paper, depicting a dancing girl.
Dimensions
  • Cardboard mount to which object attached; also absolute maximum dimensions of object height: 292mm (absolute maximum (object))
  • Cardboard mount to which object attached; also absolute maximum dimensions of object width: 200mm (absolute maximum (object))
08/05/2013 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
A dancing girl.
Style
Jaipur
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
Woman
Dance
Dance
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.439-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433411/drawing-unknown/
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