A male member of William Fullerton's household seated on a European chair smoking a 'huqqa' and holding a sword and a 'lota' thumbnail 1
A male member of William Fullerton's household seated on a European chair smoking a 'huqqa' and holding a sword and a 'lota' thumbnail 2
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A male member of William Fullerton's household seated on a European chair smoking a 'huqqa' and holding a sword and a 'lota'

Painting
ca. 1760 - ca. 1764 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Murshidabad (made)

A man wearing a red 'lungi' or 'dhoti' is smoking a nargila, a sword under his arm and holds a 'lota'. He is seated on a European-style chair on an empty terrace. In the background is a green hedge. One of seven portraits of Indian men and women. He is possibly a "chaukidar".


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Indian Company Paintings
Object type
painting
TitleA male member of William Fullerton's household seated on a European chair smoking a 'huqqa' and holding a sword and a 'lota' (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on paper
Paper
Gouache
Painted
Brief description
painting; gouache, A man smoking a 'huqqa', Murshidabad, ca. 1760 - ca. 1764
Physical description
A man wearing a red 'lungi' or 'dhoti' is smoking a nargila, a sword under his arm and holds a 'lota'. He is seated on a European-style chair on an empty terrace. In the background is a green hedge. One of seven portraits of Indian men and women. He is possibly a "chaukidar".
Dimensions
  • Height: 240mm
  • Width: 162mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 208mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 131mm
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
W.F. 1764 (Inscribed on back)
Credit line
Purchased from Martinus Nijhoff
Production
The painting is in the style of Dip Chand of Murshidabad
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 75 p. ISBN 0944142303
  • Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.48
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
D.1182-1903

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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