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Painting

ca. 1785 - ca. 1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a lady feeding a fawn. She is dressed in green and gold, including a transparent green shawl with regular gold embroidery.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Panting, lady and fawn, opaque watercolour on paper, Garhwal, ca. 1785-1795
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a lady feeding a fawn. She is dressed in green and gold, including a transparent green shawl with regular gold embroidery.
Dimensions
  • Height: 204mm
  • Width: 126mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 189mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 113mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; innermost painted border is oval
Content description
A lady feeding a fawn.
Style
Object history
From the sale of Sir Ernest Debenham's paintings at Sotheby's; bought via Maggs 2 July 1953.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p.120, cat. no. 29
Collection
Accession number
IS.148-1953

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2006
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