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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Chamba (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a lady sits looking at herself in a mirror. Two maids wait on her.

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Categories	Paintings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, lady and mirror, opaque watercolour on paper, Chamba, ca. 1760
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a lady sits looking at herself in a mirror. Two maids wait on her.
Dimensions	Height: 250mm (maximum) Width: 194mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders height: 185mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders width: 129mm (maximum) Red border with dark blue margin, white rules and silver grey edge; 17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013, object irregular in shape
Content description	A lady sits looking at herself in a mirror. Two maids wait on her.
Style	Chamba
Object history	IS. 90 to 128-1954 were purchased for £150, from Maggs Bros.
Subjects depicted	Women Mirror Servants
Bibliographic reference	Archer, W.G. 'Indian Paintings From The Punjab Hills: A Survey and History of Pahari Miniature Painting' Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1973. 84p
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.103-1954

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Record created	July 21, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41913/painting-unknown/

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