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Painting

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala, depicting a hunter seated on a hillock holding a spear and a hawk.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, hunter, spear and hawk, opaque watercolour on paper, Eastern Deccan, possibly Machilipatnam, ca. 1780
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala, depicting a hunter seated on a hillock holding a spear and a hawk.
Content description
A hunter seated on a hillock holding a spear and a hawk.
Style
Credit line
Given by Col. T. G. Gayer-Anderson CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Maj. R. G. Gayer-Anderson
Object history
Acquired by Col. Gayer-Anderson in London, according to his Catalogue, held in the Asian Department archives. From the Gayer-Anderson Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.205-1953

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Record createdNovember 29, 2002
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