Drawing
ca. 1850 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Brush drawing traced from a pricking, in ink on goldbeater's skin, depicting a prince with a lady and a maidservant.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Drawn with a brush in ink on goldbeater's skin (the outer membrane of a calf's intestine). The ink is made up of lamp-black with water and a gum binder, usually gum arabic (hardened tree sap) |
| Brief description | Brush drawing, prince, lady and maidservant, in ink on goldbeater's skin, Rajasthan, possibly Jaipur, ca. 1850 |
| Physical description | Brush drawing traced from a pricking, in ink on goldbeater's skin, depicting a prince with a lady and a maidservant. |
| Dimensions | 08/05/2013: not possible to measure object as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013, due to the way in which it is mounted |
| Content description | A prince with a lady and a maidservant. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | IS.388-1952 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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