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Drawing

ca. 1835 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing, ink on paper highlighted with watercolour, depicting a Hindu teacher reading a palm leaf manuscript, and two unfinished bust portraits.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn and painted in ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing on paper highlighted with colour, depicting a Hindu teacher and two unfinished bust portraits, Mewar, ca. 1835
Physical description
Drawing, ink on paper highlighted with watercolour, depicting a Hindu teacher reading a palm leaf manuscript, and two unfinished bust portraits.
Dimensions
  • Paper mount onto which object attached (also approx. dimensions of object) height: 161mm (approx. (object))
  • Paper mount onto which object attached (also approx. dimensions of object) width: 157mm (approx. (object))
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project; not possible to accurately measure object due to the way in which it is mounted
Content description
A Hindu teacher reading a palm leaf manuscript, and two unfinished bust portraits. The left hand portrait resembles Raja Jawan Singh of Udaipur (1828-1838)
Style
Credit line
Given by Col. J.G. Gayer-Anderson C.M.G., D.S.G. and Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson.
Object history
Previously in the Gayer-Anderson collection of Indian drawings.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.181-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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