Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in gouache on paper, depicting acrobats and gentry, from a set of "Native Characters".


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in gouache on paper
Brief description
Painting, acrobats and gentry, gouache on paper, Thanjavur, ca. 1800
Physical description
Painting, in gouache on paper, depicting acrobats and gentry, from a set of "Native Characters".
Content description
Acrobats and gentry.
Style
Credit line
Given by the Horniman Museum.
Object history
Other examples from the same series, in the Horniman Museum, include a study of cobblers making boots.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.22-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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