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Traveller's cook

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

A woman food-vendor serving two travellers. From a group of 35 drawings of trades and occupations.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTraveller's cook (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting; watercolour, a woman food-vendor serving two travellers, Patna, ca. 1826.
Physical description
A woman food-vendor serving two travellers. From a group of 35 drawings of trades and occupations.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.5cm
  • Length: 22cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Butiarnee. Traveller's cook.' John Hall 1819 and C. Wilmot 1821 (Inscribed Watermark)
  • (watermarked 1819)
Credit line
Presented by Lady Amherst
Subject 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, 87 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
IS.38-1964

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Record createdOctober 4, 2002
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