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Prayers at the mosque

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

Prayers at the mosque; in the background, the Rock at Trichinopoly.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Indian Company Paintings
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitlePrayers at the mosque (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on paper
Gouache
Gouache
Painting
Brief description
Painting; gouache, prayers at the mosque near the Rock at Trichinopoly, Tanjore, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Prayers at the mosque; in the background, the Rock at Trichinopoly.
Dimensions
  • Length: 43cm
  • Width: 59cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
'Moorman Church at Trichinopoly People Praying.' (Inscribed on fly-leaves with titles.)
Subjects depicted
Prayers
Mosque
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 54 p. ISBN 0944142303
  • Archer, Mildred. 'Company Paintings: Indian Paintings of the British Period' V&A, 1992, p. 54
Other number
8802 - Previous number
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
AL.8802

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Record createdOctober 2, 2002
Record URL
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