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Model

Model
circa 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The model shows minor judiciary proceedings as conducted during the final decades of the East India Company's adminstration which in essentials was the system inherited by the Raj from 1858.


Object details

Object type
TitleModel (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted wood
Brief description
Model of an Indian Kutcherry (Judiciary), Painted wood, Andhra Pradesh, 1840 AD
Physical description
The model shows minor judiciary proceedings as conducted during the final decades of the East India Company's adminstration which in essentials was the system inherited by the Raj from 1858.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.2cm
  • Width: 52cm
  • Depth: 38.5cm
Gallery label
MODEL OF MAGISTRATE’S COURT Carved and painted wood Kondapalle, Andhra Pradesh c. 1840 IS.70-1885 Given by Lt. Col. G.A. Trevor This model shows the workings of a magistrate’s court. It suggests the type of minor legal proceedings carried out during the final decades of the East India Company’s administration(01/08/2017)
Credit line
Presented by Lieut.-Colonel G.H. Trevor
Production
Kandapalle, Andra Pradesh, (Hyderabad, Deccan).
Collection
Accession number
IS.70-1885

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Record createdJuly 4, 2002
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