Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A brush drawing, in ink on paper, sketches of scenes near a bathing ghat.


Object details

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Object type
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)
Brief description
Drawing, scenes near bathing ghat, on paper, drawn, painted, Rajasthan, possibly Jaipur or Bharatpur, ca. 1850
Physical description
A brush drawing, in ink on paper, sketches of scenes near a bathing ghat.
Dimensions
  • Height: 318mm (approx., estimate)
  • Width: 237mm (approx., estimate)
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
Scenes near a bathing ghat.
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.442-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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