Painting
first half 18th century (made)
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This is the last painting in the album. In opaque watercolour on paper, it depicts a stylised pink, lily-like plant in flower. The green stem rises from the bottom of the painting with six long pointed, inwardly-curving leaves. Three blooms and two buds rise on short stems from the main stalk. The blooms are detailed with hatchings in pink against a white ground, while the leaves are painted in a similar fashion with darker green hatched lines against two tones of a pale green ground.
The flower is set against a plain off-white mottled paper ground mounted on a similarly coloured page. The painting is framed with strips of beige-coloured paper collaged onto the main border, the margins of which have strips of greeny-blue paper attached to them. A further grey strip of paper has been added on the right hand side to act as a gutter for the present album binding. The edges of the page are gilded.
The flower is set against a plain off-white mottled paper ground mounted on a similarly coloured page. The painting is framed with strips of beige-coloured paper collaged onto the main border, the margins of which have strips of greeny-blue paper attached to them. A further grey strip of paper has been added on the right hand side to act as a gutter for the present album binding. The edges of the page are gilded.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Small Clive Album p. 112, pink tulip, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, 18th century |
| Physical description | This is the last painting in the album. In opaque watercolour on paper, it depicts a stylised pink, lily-like plant in flower. The green stem rises from the bottom of the painting with six long pointed, inwardly-curving leaves. Three blooms and two buds rise on short stems from the main stalk. The blooms are detailed with hatchings in pink against a white ground, while the leaves are painted in a similar fashion with darker green hatched lines against two tones of a pale green ground. The flower is set against a plain off-white mottled paper ground mounted on a similarly coloured page. The painting is framed with strips of beige-coloured paper collaged onto the main border, the margins of which have strips of greeny-blue paper attached to them. A further grey strip of paper has been added on the right hand side to act as a gutter for the present album binding. The edges of the page are gilded. |
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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, drawings and flower studies on both sides. The binding is covered with an Indian mashru textile that may have been cut from one of the lengths brought home by the 2nd Lord Clive, who served as Governor of Madras, 1799-1803. The album was sold from Powis Castle at Sotheby's sale, 16-18 January 1956, lot 332A. |
| Production | Mughal, 18th century. |
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| Accession number | IS.48:56/B-1956 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2004 |
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