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Painting

ca. 1840 - ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, two landowners or gentry, having a discussion under a tree.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, two gentry, opaque watercolour on paper, Sikh, Punjab Plain, ca. 1840-1850
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, two landowners or gentry, having a discussion under a tree.
Dimensions
  • Height: 182mm (maximum)
  • Width: 137mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 154mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 110mm
27/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Two landowners or gentry, having a discussion under a tree.
Object history
IS.477 to 489-1950 were purchased for £5 in 1950.
Production
Sikh
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Paintings of the Sikhs / W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1966 cat. no. 30 (i-iii), p. 155.
Collection
Accession number
IS.487-1950

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Record createdNovember 21, 2002
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