Not on display

Drawing

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jaipur (made)

Brush drawing in ink on paper, twenty sketches of named flowers, including roses and lotuses.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Drawings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn in ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Drawn
Painted
Brief description
Brush drawing, flower sketches, ink on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1890
Physical description
Brush drawing in ink on paper, twenty sketches of named flowers, including roses and lotuses.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34cm
  • Width: 21.3cm
1992 dimensions are from the accession register.
Content description
Flowers, including roses and lotuses.
Style
Jaipur
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Rose' (Inscribed below each of two roses at top.)
  • 'Hibiscus Syria...' [unclear] (Inscribed below a sketch in the second row of designs.)
  • 'Sandalwood' (Inscribed below a sketch in the second row of designs.)
  • 'Rose' (Inscribed below a sketch in the second row of designs.)
  • 'Balsam' (Inscribed below a sketch in the third row of designs.)
  • 'Lotus' (Inscribed below a sketch in the lower designs.)
  • 'Lily flower' (Inscribed below a sketch in the lower designs.)
  • Another kind of lotus' (Inscribed below a sketch in the lower designs.)
  • 'Lily flower' (Inscribed below a sketch in the lower designs.)
  • 'Lotus' (Inscribed below a sketch in the lower designs.)
  • (Many additional undeciphered inscriptions, and two in Roman characters which are unclear. )
Credit line
Given by Mrs G. M. Hendley, 1992.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Roses
Lotus
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.66-1992

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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