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Painting

ca. 1835 - ca. 1845 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a Panjabi man with partly shaven beard, black hair, white dress and grey shawl.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Panjabi man wearing a shawl, opaque watercolour on paper, Punjab Plains, possibly Lahore or Amritsar, ca. 1835-1845
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a Panjabi man with partly shaven beard, black hair, white dress and grey shawl.
Dimensions
  • Height: 103mm (maximum)
  • Width: 112mm (maximum)
27/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
A Panjabi man with partly shaven beard, black hair, white dress and grey wrap.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Paintings of the Sikhs / W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1966 p. 162, cat. no. 37, fig. 84.
Collection
Accession number
IS.14-1957

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Record createdNovember 25, 2002
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