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Watercarrier in the Feast of Mohurrum

Painting
ca. 1826 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Patna (made)

A water-carrier with blue Muharram flag giving water to a child. From a group of 35 drawings of trades and occupations.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Indian Company Paintings
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitleWatercarrier in the Feast of Mohurrum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Painted
Brief description
Painting; watercolour, a water-carrier, Patna, ca. 1826.
Physical description
A water-carrier with blue Muharram flag giving water to a child. From a group of 35 drawings of trades and occupations.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.5cm
  • Length: 20cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Bheesti or Watercarrier in the Feast of Mohurrum.' John Hall 1819 and C. Wilmot 1821 (Inscribed Watermark)
  • (watermarked 1819)
Credit line
Presented by Lady Amherst
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, 87 p. ISBN 0944142303
  • Barnard, Nick: Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015, "The Parasol Foundation Trust Programme: digitising and cataloguing the V&A's South Asian collection.", p. 101. no. 6.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.35-1964

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Record createdOctober 4, 2002
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O68319/watercarrier-in-the-feast-of-painting-unknown/
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