Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Rajasthan (made)
Bikaner
Jodhpur (made)

A brush drawing in ink on paper, watercolour in the border, depicting a seated lady.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Paintings
Portraits
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn with a brush in ink on paper, with watercolour details in the border. The ink is made up of lamp-black with water and a gum binder, usually gum arabic (hardened tree sap)
Ink
Paper
Water-Colour
Paint
Painted
Drawn
Brief description
Brush drawing, seated lady, in ink and watercolour on paper, Rajasthan (Bikaner or Jodhpur), late 18th century
Physical description
A brush drawing in ink on paper, watercolour in the border, depicting a seated lady.
Dimensions
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object height: 286mm (approx.; absolute maximum)
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object width: 195mm (approx.; absolute maximum)
whole object cannot be measured as object attached to cardboard mount (08/05/2013); 08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Content description
A seated lady.
Style
Rajasthani
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.
Subject depicted
Woman
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.377-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433585/drawing-unknown/
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