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Rama, Sita and Lakshmana

Painting
ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Rama and Sita seated on a deerskin mat in the forest; Lakshmana is tending a fire.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRama, Sita and Lakshmana (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Rama, Sita and Lakshmana in forest, opaque watercolour on paper, Nalagarh, ca. 1820
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Rama and Sita seated on a deerskin mat in the forest; Lakshmana is tending a fire.
Dimensions
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 177mm
  • Image within innermost border width: 138mm (maximum )
  • Height: 212mm
  • Width: 170mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description
Rama and Sita seated on a deerskin mat in the forest; Lakshmana is tending a fire.
Style
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 172, cat. no. 2
Collection
Accession number
IS.142-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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