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Rites and Festivals of Muslims and the main Hindu Castes

Album Page
1774 (made)
Place of origin

Burial ceremony (four scenes): washing the body in the river; maulavi reading the Koran near the beir; the procession with the body; Muslim tombs. Below: assembly of fakirs in ecstasy, drunk with love of God; musicians present; cooking for attendants and fakirs.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleRites and Festivals of Muslims and the main Hindu Castes (series title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, 1774. Page number 28 (Gentil numbered two successive pages '22'). Burial ceremony (four scenes). The text on the back of this page relates to the next image, IS.25:30-1980.
Physical description
Burial ceremony (four scenes): washing the body in the river; maulavi reading the Koran near the beir; the procession with the body; Muslim tombs. Below: assembly of fakirs in ecstasy, drunk with love of God; musicians present; cooking for attendants and fakirs.
Dimensions
  • Length: 37cm
  • Width: 53.5cm
Style
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.)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period. Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 122 p. ISBN 0944142303 Chanchal Dadlani, ‘Transporting India. The Gentil Album and Mughal Manuscript Culture’, Art History. 2025, pp. 748-761
Collection
Accession number
IS.25:29-1980

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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