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Painting

1694 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, study of a man in Western dress (white trousers, green boots, short-sleeved jacket and pink hat), playing a musical instrument.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, man in Western dress playing musical instrument, opaque watercolour on paper, Bikaner, 1694
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, study of a man in Western dress (white trousers, green boots, short-sleeved jacket and pink hat), playing a musical instrument.
Dimensions
  • Height: 210mm
  • Width: 145mm
  • Image within innermost painted border height: 144mm
  • Image within innermost painted border width: 83mm
19/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A man in Western dress (white trousers, green boots, short-sleeved jacket and pink hat), playing a musical instrument.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Aug. 52 Samvat 1751 Magdhar [unclear] Sud 2... [unclear]'

Note
handwritten on object; the handwriting 'tallies exactly with that on other pictures from the Bikaner palace collection of this date' (e.g. IS.339 and 345-1951; register description)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.129-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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