Painting
ca. 1880 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, oval portrait of a Calcutta dandy against a pale blue background. He wears the fashionable Prince Albert haircut and large silver hooped earrings (executed in tin alloy). His western-style orange jacket with yellow edging has a small, Indian floral print and is worn with a white shirt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Calcutta dandy, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1880 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, oval portrait of a Calcutta dandy against a pale blue background. He wears the fashionable Prince Albert haircut and large silver hooped earrings (executed in tin alloy). His western-style orange jacket with yellow edging has a small, Indian floral print and is worn with a white shirt. |
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| Content description | A Calcutta dandy against a pale blue background. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Nautch Bibi' (inscribed in pencil on object) |
| Credit line | Given by Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha and Colonel T.G.Gayer-Anderson, C.M.G., D.S.O. |
| Object history | Historical significance: Calcutta was recognised as the Capital of British India from 1833-1912. By the 1830s, artists had arrived from rural villages in Bengal and began to produce paintings that reflected local history, mythology, customs and conflicts of a colonised society. As a popular art form, these artists are recognised for their use of brilliant colour, simplified images and swift brushstrokes that became the hallmark of Kalighat painting in the 19th and early 20th century. |
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| Accession number | IS.257-1953 |
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| Record created | December 18, 2002 |
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