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ca. 1810 - ca. 1820 (made)
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Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a princess smoking a huqqa and listening to music on a terrace, with a garden and pavilion visible in the background. She wears a yellow choli and dark pink shawl with gold borders.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, princess listening to music, opaque watercolour on paper, Guler, ca. 1810-1820
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a princess smoking a huqqa and listening to music on a terrace, with a garden and pavilion visible in the background. She wears a yellow choli and dark pink shawl with gold borders.
Dimensions
  • Height: 257mm
  • Width: 180mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 238mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 161mm
26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A princess smoking a huqqa and listening to music on a terrace, with a garden and pavilion visible in the background. She wears a yellow choli and dark pink shawl with gold borders.
Style
Object history
From the sale of Sir Ernest Debenham's paintings at Sotheby's; bought via Maggs 2 July 1953.
Production
Punjab Hills
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Guy, J., and Swallow, D., (eds). ‘Arts of India: 1550-1900’. London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990. ISBN 1851770224. , p.148, pl.127.
  • Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p.165, cat. no. 65
  • Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993. p. 131, cat. no. 114
Collection
Accession number
IS.146-1953

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Record createdOctober 28, 2002
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