Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Murshidabad (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, a group of ascetics seated outside a hut.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, ascetics outside hut, opaque watercolour on paper, Murshidabad, ca. 1750
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, a group of ascetics seated outside a hut.
Dimensions
  • Height: 146mm (maximum)
  • Width: 125mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted border width: 63mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted border width: 90mm (maximum)
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of the Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object oval shaped
Content description
A group of ascetics seated outside a hut.
Style
Mughal
Object history
Transferred from the Department of Engraving, Illustration & Design.

RP 51/2237
Subjects depicted
Ascetics
Hut
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
D.1173-1903

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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