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Rites and Beliefs of the Hindus

Album Page
ca. 1774 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Faizabad (made)

Indian women's jewellery.


Object details

Categories
Indian Company Paintings
Jewellery
Watercolours
Object type
Album page
TitleRites and Beliefs of the Hindus (series title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Brief description
Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 48 (Gentil numbered two successive pages '22'). Indian women's jewellery.
Physical description
Indian women's jewellery.
Dimensions
  • Length: 37cm
  • Width: 53.5cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with notes relating to the illustrations and a list of contents giving Gentil's title and a brief description for each folio. Inscribed inside front cover.)
Subject depicted
Jewellery
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Mapin Publishing, 1992 121 p. ISBN 0944142303 Chanchal Dadlani, ‘Transporting India. The Gentil Album and Mughal Manuscript Culture’, Art History. 2025, pp. 748-761
  • The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 Number: ISBN 0 906969 26 3 Skelton, Robert, cat. no. 89
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.25:49-1980

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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