Drawing
ca. 1770 (made)
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Drawing, in ink with paint wash on paper, portrait of a sehtar player, she is depicted cross-legged facing to the right, wearing lilac trousers and a muslin headshawl edged with gold, and jewellery. Beneath the subject is the inscription 'Amul Maharai shagird Dalchand', on the back a Persian poem in black and gold, within a border of gold leaves on a yellow ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Drawn and painted in ink, watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, portrait of a sehtar player, drawn in ink with wash on paper, Mughal, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Drawing, in ink with paint wash on paper, portrait of a sehtar player, she is depicted cross-legged facing to the right, wearing lilac trousers and a muslin headshawl edged with gold, and jewellery. Beneath the subject is the inscription 'Amul Maharai shagird Dalchand', on the back a Persian poem in black and gold, within a border of gold leaves on a yellow ground. |
| Content description | Portrait of a sehtar player, she is depicted cross-legged facing to the right, wearing lilac trousers and a muslin headshawl edged with gold, and jewellery. Beneath the subject is the inscription 'Amul Maharai shagird Dalchand', on the back a Persian poem in black and gold, within a border of gold leaves on a yellow ground. |
| Marks and inscriptions | (written beneath the subject)
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| Credit line | Purchased from Arhur Churchill, Esq., 10 Dover Street, W |
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| Accession number | IM.88-1922 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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