Painting
first half of the 18th century (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the flower on its stem rises from the base of the framed space and is painted on the plain off-white ground of the paper. The painting shows the exotic plant with one fully developed flower with one to its right just bursting into flower and another on its left still in bud form. The flower is made up of a multicolored assortment of petals in orange,yellow, purple. The modelling is affected by brush strokes of paint in darker tones or contrasting colours. The flower is framed with a simple frame of strips of faded orange paper outlined in black with a gold line along the outer edge. It is mounted on a plain ivory-coloured main border which has strips of buff-coloured paper at its outer edges. A strip of beige woven textile has been added over the inner margin over the paper strip as a gutter for the album binding.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Small Clive Album p. 52, a flower, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, possibly Avadh, first half 18th century |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the flower on its stem rises from the base of the framed space and is painted on the plain off-white ground of the paper. The painting shows the exotic plant with one fully developed flower with one to its right just bursting into flower and another on its left still in bud form. The flower is made up of a multicolored assortment of petals in orange,yellow, purple. The modelling is affected by brush strokes of paint in darker tones or contrasting colours. The flower is framed with a simple frame of strips of faded orange paper outlined in black with a gold line along the outer edge. It is mounted on a plain ivory-coloured main border which has strips of buff-coloured paper at its outer edges. A strip of beige woven textile has been added over the inner margin over the paper strip as a gutter for the album binding. |
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| 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 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. |
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| Accession number | IS.48:26/B-1956 |
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| Record created | December 11, 2003 |
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