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Drawing

Drawing

  • Place of origin:

    Rajasthan (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1886 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Drawn in ink and pencil on paper

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Col. T. H. Hendley.

  • Museum number:

    IS.29-1996

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

Physical description

Drawing, ink and pencil on paper, sketch to illustrate casting of an anklet in Rajasthan, heating the mould.

Place of Origin

Rajasthan (made)

Date

ca. 1886 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Drawn in ink and pencil on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'No 6/Pile of burning cow dung cakes in which/the moulds are heated'
In red ink, below sketch ('no 6' top left).

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm, Width: 21.7 cm each

Object history note

The sketches IS.24 to 30-1996 are accompanied by four sheets of writing paper containing notes in Hendley's (who commissioned the sketches) hand on the subject. Rp 96/1423.

Descriptive line

Drawing, anklet-casting, ink on paper, Rajasthan, ca. 1886

Production Note

Commissioned by Thomas Holbein Hendley.

Materials

Paper; Ink; Pencil

Techniques

Drawn

Subjects depicted

Anklet; Metal-working; Dung; Jewellery; Mould

Categories

Drawings; Paintings; Metalwork; Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project

Collection

South & South East Asia Collection

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