Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

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

Brush drawing, partly coloured in watercolour, depicting a lady asleep, with her maids sleeping around her.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn and painted in ink on paper, with watercolour details
Brief description
Brush drawing, lady asleep, ink and watercolour on paper, Kangra, ca. 1800
Physical description
Brush drawing, partly coloured in watercolour, depicting a lady asleep, with her maids sleeping around her.
Dimensions
  • Height: 187mm (maximum)
  • Width: 181mm (maximum)
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached height: 243mm
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached width: 243mm
object irregular in shape; 12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A lady asleep, with her maids sleeping around her.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.137-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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