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The Young Lady's Toilet

Lithograph
01/02/1842 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A young European woman dressed in a white muslin gown and a Kashmir shawl is seated at her dressing table. An Indian maid in a yellow skirt assists her, while an old Indian woman pours water from a ewer into a bowl to the left of the picture. An Indian boy stands nearby to assist, and there is also a parrot on a perch next to the dressing table. There are also a screen, two pictures, and a flywhisk in the picture.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Young Lady's Toilet (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Ink on paper
Brief description
Lithograph of 'The Young Lady's Toilet' by W. Tayler
Physical description
A young European woman dressed in a white muslin gown and a Kashmir shawl is seated at her dressing table. An Indian maid in a yellow skirt assists her, while an old Indian woman pours water from a ewer into a bowl to the left of the picture. An Indian boy stands nearby to assist, and there is also a parrot on a perch next to the dressing table. There are also a screen, two pictures, and a flywhisk in the picture.
Dimensions
  • Width: 21.6cm
  • Height: 27.25cm
Marks and inscriptions
ANGLO INDIANS. PLATE 2 | DRAWN BY W. TAYLER, ESQR, BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE | LITHO BY J. BOUVIER. | THE YOUNG LADY'S TOILET | Published Feby 1st 1842 for the Proprietor by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London. | PRINTED AT THE GENL ESTABLISHT 70 ST MARTINS LA. (Publisher's identification; front)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IPN.2503

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Record createdJuly 16, 2003
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