Painting
18th century (made)
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This study of an iris is included in the "Small Clive Album", a volume of Indian paintings which is thought to have been given by Shuja ad-Daula, the Nawab of Avadh, to Lord Clive during his last visit to India in 1765-67. It contains 56 folios on which are Mughal paintings, drawings and flower studies dating to the 17th and 18th centuries. The binding is covered with an Indian brocade. The album was given to the museum by Mr John Goelet in 1956.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Small Clive Album p. 109, iris flower, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, 18th century |
| Physical description | The central painting, opaque watercolour on paper, on the page is of a mauve and pale yellow iris in full bloom on a short stalk with two ribbed sword-shaped leaves curving upwards under the lower tier of petals. The veining and modelling is painted with fine hatched or stippled strokes together with areas of transparent washes. It is set against the plain ground of the mottled off-white paper in a frame created by strips of pale brown paper outlined in black with two further rulings in black on the plain ivory-coloured ground of the main border of the page. The margins of the two short sides and that on the left hand side of the page have strips of blue-grey paper collaged on them with a black ruled line on their inner edges. An additional strip of grey paper has been added on the left hand side as a gutter for the present album binding, with a similar strip stuck on the right hand margin. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | The numeral 55 is inscribed in pencil on the upper right hand corner of the border |
| 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. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This study of an iris is included in the "Small Clive Album", a volume of Indian paintings which is thought to have been given by Shuja ad-Daula, the Nawab of Avadh, to Lord Clive during his last visit to India in 1765-67. It contains 56 folios on which are Mughal paintings, drawings and flower studies dating to the 17th and 18th centuries. The binding is covered with an Indian brocade. The album was given to the museum by Mr John Goelet in 1956. |
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| Accession number | IS.48:55/A-1956 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2004 |
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