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Sudama

Painting
ca. 1860 - ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Sudama sits with his wife; illustration from a Krishna Sudama series.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSudama (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Sudama's departure, opaque watercolour on paper, Sudama Krishna series, Tehri Garhwal, ca. 1860-1870
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Sudama sits with his wife; illustration from a Krishna Sudama series.
Dimensions
  • Length: 195mm
  • Width: 253mm
  • With border length: 208mm
  • With border width: 266mm
  • Height: 211mm
  • Width: 267mm
  • Image inside innermost painted border height: 193mm (maximum)
  • Image inside innermost painted border width: 252mm (maximum)
Dark blue margins with white rules and faint leaf pattern in gold; 12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; borders irregular
Content description
Sudama sits with his wife; illustration from a Krishna Sudama series.
Styles
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 123, cat. no. 40 i
Collection
Accession number
IS.154-1951

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Record createdJanuary 10, 2003
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