Painting
ca. 1760 - ca. 1763 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Himmat 'Ali Khan, the main subject of this painting, was a friend of William Fullarton, a Scottish surgeon who lived in Murshidabad and later in Patna (in present-day Bihar). the painting bears an English inscription identifying the sitter and also the initials 'W.F.', suggesting that it was one of a set that belonged to Fullarton himself.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, nobleman with huqqa, by Dip Chand, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Murshidabad, ca. 1760-1763 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a nobleman seated on a terrace holding the pipe of a huqqa, attended by a servant. |
| Content description | A nobleman seated on a terrace holding the pipe of a huqqa, attended by a servant. |
| Styles | |
| Object history | The initals 'W.F.' on the reverse suggest that the painting was in the collection of, and probably made for, William Fullarton, the East India Company surgeon who lived in Murshidabad and later Patna, and who was a friend of Himmat Ali Khan. Transferred from the Department of Engraving, Illustration & Design. RP 51/2237 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Himmat 'Ali Khan, the main subject of this painting, was a friend of William Fullarton, a Scottish surgeon who lived in Murshidabad and later in Patna (in present-day Bihar). the painting bears an English inscription identifying the sitter and also the initials 'W.F.', suggesting that it was one of a set that belonged to Fullarton himself. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.1209-1903 |
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| Record created | May 14, 2008 |
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