Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

ca. 1886 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing, ink and pencil on paper, sketch to illustrate casting of an anklet in Rajasthan; flattening out the rings of the wax model.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn in ink and pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing, anklet-casting, ink on paper, Rajasthan, ca. 1886
Physical description
Drawing, ink and pencil on paper, sketch to illustrate casting of an anklet in Rajasthan; flattening out the rings of the wax model.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.2cm
  • Each width: 21.7cm
1996 dimensions are from the accession register.
Content description
Casting of an anklet in Rajasthan.
Marks and inscriptions
'4./Flattening out the rings of the wax model.' (Written in red ink below the sketch (number at top left).)
Credit line
Given by Col. T. H. Hendley.
Object history
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.
Production
Commissioned by Thomas Holbein Hendley.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.27-1996

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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