Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

1893 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing by a student of the Bombay School of Art, signed 'M. Dhurandhar', depicting a Mahratta (Marathi-speaking woman), a gardener's wife, of Bombay City, a back view, walking a holding an earthen water-pot under her left arm. She wears a green choli with striped dark red and white shoulder-pieces (sleeves), and an indigo sari with striped dark red and pink border.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn and painted in pencil and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing, woman with earthenware pot, by M. Dhurandhar (a student at Bombay School of Art), pencil and watercolour on paper, Bombay, 1893
Physical description
Watercolour drawing by a student of the Bombay School of Art, signed 'M. Dhurandhar', depicting a Mahratta (Marathi-speaking woman), a gardener's wife, of Bombay City, a back view, walking a holding an earthen water-pot under her left arm. She wears a green choli with striped dark red and white shoulder-pieces (sleeves), and an indigo sari with striped dark red and pink border.
Content description
A Mahratta (Marathi-speaking) woman, a gardener's wife, of Bombay City, a back view, walking a holding an earthen water-pot under her left arm. She wears a green choli with striped dark red and white shoulder-pieces (sleeves), and an indigo sari with striped dark red and pink border.
Credit line
Purchased from R. Corrie Chapman, Esq., 17 Golucester Walk, Campden Hill, W
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
IM.147-1913

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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