Portrait of an unknown Indian ruler seated under a looped crimson curtain.
Painting
ca.1860 (made)
ca.1860 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The man seated on a chair with a gold lion's head, holding a sword and a manuscript (probably a religious text written in devanagari characters); he is wearing a white jama with a shawl across his knees; beside him is a table with a vase of roses.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Portrait of an unknown Indian ruler seated under a looped crimson curtain. (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache |
| Brief description | Paintings, Portrait of an unknown Indian ruler, Rajasthan (possibly), ca.1860 |
| Physical description | The man seated on a chair with a gold lion's head, holding a sword and a manuscript (probably a religious text written in devanagari characters); he is wearing a white jama with a shawl across his knees; beside him is a table with a vase of roses. |
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| Style | |
| Object history | Transferred from the Indian Museum, 1879. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 175 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 08119(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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