Not on display

Painting

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, after a 17th century original by Mir Hashim, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a blind pilgrim procuring food at Ajmir.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, blind pilgrim procuring food at Ajmir, after a 17th century original by Mir Hashim, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1800
Physical description
Painting, after a 17th century original by Mir Hashim, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a blind pilgrim procuring food at Ajmir.
Dimensions
  • Height: 382mm
  • Width: 261mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 207mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 127mm
29/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Painting Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A blind pilgrim procuring food at Ajmir.
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage
Object history
Part of the bequest of the Right Honourable Harriet Sarah Baroness Wantage, of Locking House, Wantage Berks, widow of the first and last Baron Wantage, V.C., K.C.B., V.D.

R.P. 1920-8342, 1920-5869, 1921-3081, 1921-177
Production
After a 17th century original by Mir Hashim.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Clarke, C. Stanley; Indian Drawings: Thirty Mogul Paintings of the School of Jehangir and Four Panels of Calligraphy ini the Wantage Bequest. London 1922 No. 29, pl. 20
Collection
Accession number
IM.131-1921

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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