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Drawing
- Place of origin:
Rajasthan (made)
- Date:
ca. 1850 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Drawn with a brush in ink on paper. The ink is made up of lamp-black with water and a gum binder, usually gum arabic (hardened tree sap)
- Credit Line:
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha.
- Museum number:
IS.457-1952
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Brush drawing in ink on paper, depicting sketches of a temple and a lady applying henna to her hands. On the verso, sketches of male heads.
Place of Origin
Rajasthan (made)
Date
ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Drawn with a brush in ink on paper. The ink is made up of lamp-black with water and a gum binder, usually gum arabic (hardened tree sap)
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm approx., Width: 160 mm approx.
Object history note
From the Gayer-Anderson collection.
Descriptive line
Brush drawing, temple, lady applying henna to hands, verso sketches of male heads, ink on paper. Rajasthan, ca. 1850
Materials
Ink; Paper
Techniques
Drawn; Painted
Subjects depicted
Woman; Men; Temple
Categories
Drawings; Paintings; Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection