A Bidri engraver
Drawing
1870 (made)
1870 (made)
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A spectacled man in a workshop engraving a design onto metal with a small mallet. Additional implements lie on the floor together with two hookah bases and a small wooden box.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Bidri engraver (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen, pencil and wash |
| Brief description | Drawing of a Bidri engraver. Lucknow. 1870. |
| Physical description | A spectacled man in a workshop engraving a design onto metal with a small mallet. Additional implements lie on the floor together with two hookah bases and a small wooden box. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 55. A Bidree worker.
Lucknow, Dec 1870. J.L.Kipling. (English; Lockwood; 1870) |
| Object history | Historical significance: John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) was born in Yorkshire but as his career developed became an established artist and scholar, and in 1865 settled in India with his family. He became professor of architectural sculpture at the JeeJeebhay School of Art in Bombay and in 1882 curator of the Lahore Museum. During his career JL Kipling was a member of the Department of Art and Science at the Victoria and Albert Museum and was also involved in the museum's decoration. John Lockwood Kipling was the father of Rudyard Kipling, author of the famous novels Jungle Book and Kim. Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [ Room 8. On The Wall.] '0929. TWENTY-EIGHT FRAMES, glazed, each containing two sketches, by J. L. Kipling, of the School of Art, Bombay, illustrating the craftsmen of North-western India. 1 to 56' |
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| Other number | 55 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0929:55/(IS) |
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| Record created | November 4, 2002 |
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