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Painting

first half 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a stem and two leaves rise from the base of the painting and support a full-blown pink double rose. The modelling of the image is achieved with loose hatched lines in darker tones. It is painted on the plain off-white ground of the paper and is framed with an inner border of black outlines round strips of buff-coloured paper. It is mounted on the ivory-coloured paper of the page which has strips of grey paper with black outlines pasted at the edges. The inner edge is largely obscured by a strip of beige woven textile which has been added as a gutter for the album binding.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Small Clive Album p. 48, a pink rose, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, first half 18th century
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a stem and two leaves rise from the base of the painting and support a full-blown pink double rose. The modelling of the image is achieved with loose hatched lines in darker tones. It is painted on the plain off-white ground of the paper and is framed with an inner border of black outlines round strips of buff-coloured paper. It is mounted on the ivory-coloured paper of the page which has strips of grey paper with black outlines pasted at the edges. The inner edge is largely obscured by a strip of beige woven textile which has been added as a gutter for the album binding.
Dimensions
  • Central page height: 20.2cm
  • Central painting width: 13.2cm
  • Page height: 35.5cm
  • Page width: 23.5cm
Style
Credit line
Gift of Mr. John Goelet
Object history
This miniature painting is part of the Small Clive Album of Indian miniatures which is thought to have been given by Shuja ud-Daula, the Nawab of Avadh, to Lord Clive during his last visit to India in 1765-67. It contains 62 leaves on which are Mughal miniature paintings, drawing and flower studies on both sides. The binding is covered with an Indian brocade.
Historical context
This miniature painting is part of the Small Clive Album of Indian miniatures which is thought to have been given by Shuja ud-Daula, the Nawab of Avadh, to Lord Clive during his last visit to India in 1765-67. It contains 56 leaves on which are Mughal miniature paintings, drawing and flower studies on both sides. The binding is covered with an Indian brocade silk that may have been cut from lengths brought home by the 2nd Lord Clive, who served as Governor of Madras, 1799 to 1803. The album was sold from Powis Castle at Sotheby's sale, 16 to 18 January 1956, lot 332A.
Production
possibly made in Avadh
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.48:24/B-1956

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Record createdDecember 4, 2003
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