Musician with cymbals
Painting
ca. 1870 (made)
ca. 1870 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This painting depicts a musician in a green coat holding cymbals
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Musician with cymbals (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Paintings; Watercolour, Musician in a green coat holding cymbals, Trichinopoly, ca. 1870 |
| Physical description | This painting depicts a musician in a green coat holding cymbals |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Numbered in pencil: 1829 |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum, 1879 |
| Historical context | From a series of 12 drawings of South Indian castes and occupations. Company paintings were created by Indian artist employed by the British East India Company to illustrate the manners and customs of India. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 34 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4666:1/(IS) |
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| Record created | October 1, 2002 |
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