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A man hurling stones at a mango tree
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A man hurling stones at a mango tree; A man hurling stones at a mango tree.
- Object:
Painting
- Place of origin:
Bundi, India (made)
- Date:
mid 19th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Opaque watercolour on paper
- Credit Line:
Given by Col. T. G. Gayer-Anderson CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Maj. R. G. Gayer-Anderson
- Museum number:
IS.245-1952
- Gallery location:
In Storage
In this painting a nobleman is shown dislodging fruit from a mango tree by throwing stones at it. The style of the painting locates the scene in the former principality of Bundi in Rajasthan in north-west India. It was probably made for a local nobleman or ruler by artists local to the area.
Although mango trees grow wild in the jungles of India, this must be a cultivated specimen since the fruit of the wild tree is inedible. The original word for mango in the Tamil language was ‘man-kay’, which was adapted by Portuguese settlers in India into ‘manga’ and eventually by the British into the familiar mango.
