A class of children
Painting
ca. 1850 (painted)
ca. 1850 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
One of two drawings depicting punishments in Indian schools. This one of a class of children seated under a thatched shelter. The class is reading from palm leaves and the master, seated on a mat, is writing on a palm leaf with a stylus. Other palm leaves lie around. Two boys are being punished; one by the 'stooping string' for failing to learn his lesson, the other by 'catching the crane'; being forced to bend forward and balance on his forefinger and right leg.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A class of children (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache |
| Brief description | Paintings, gouache, A class of children, ca. 1850 |
| Physical description | One of two drawings depicting punishments in Indian schools. This one of a class of children seated under a thatched shelter. The class is reading from palm leaves and the master, seated on a mat, is writing on a palm leaf with a stylus. Other palm leaves lie around. Two boys are being punished; one by the 'stooping string' for failing to learn his lesson, the other by 'catching the crane'; being forced to bend forward and balance on his forefinger and right leg. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum, 1879 |
| 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, 71 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 08147A/(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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