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Village scene, Rania, near Delhi

Watercolour
ca. 1816 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Rania (made)

Painting showing a village scene with buffalo with Jat women.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
SCRAN
Object type
Watercolour
TitleVillage scene, Rania, near Delhi (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Watercolour; painting, village scene with buffalo; Jat women, Delhi, ca.1816
Physical description
Painting showing a village scene with buffalo with Jat women.
Dimensions
  • Length: 28.8cm
  • Width: 41.1cm
  • With narrrow gold border length: 31.3cm
  • With narrrow gold border width: 42.1cm
Style
Company
Credit line
Purchased with assistance from the friends of Robert Skelton, to commemorate his 60th birthday
Object history
Purchased with assistance from the friends of Robert Skelton to commenmorate his 60th birthday.
From the Fraser Album, which incorporated paintings commissioned by Willaim Fraseer (1784-1835), an East India Company employee, and his brother James (1783-1856) to record local scenes through the services of local artists.

Dalrymple, William and Sharma, Yuthika (eds). Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857. New York : Asia Society ; New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780300176667 ; 030017666X. p. 132-133, cat. no. 48.
Subjects depicted
Animals
Women
Landscape
Bibliographic references
  • Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224, p.194, pl.171. Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, ISBN 0944142303
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 157 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.13-1989

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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