Not on display

Drawing

early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Rajasthan (made)
Jaipur (made)

Brush drawing, in ink on paper, depicting a European woman.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Paintings
Portraits
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn with a brush in ink on paper. The ink is made up of lamp-black with water and a gum binder, usually gum arabic (hardened tree sap)
Ink
Paper
Drawn
Painted
Brief description
Brush drawing, European woman, ink on paper, Rajasthan, possibly Jaipur, early 19th century
Physical description
Brush drawing, in ink on paper, depicting a European woman.
Dimensions
  • Cardboard mount to which object attached; also absolute maximum dimensions of object height: 277mm
  • Cardboard mount to which object attached; also absolute maximum dimensions of object width: 177mm
whole object cannot be measured accurately, due to the way in which it is mounted (08/05/2013). 08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Content description
A European woman.
Style
Rajasthani
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson collection.
Subject depicted
Woman
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.346-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433609/drawing-unknown/
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