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A Procession of Ghazi ud-Din Haider through Lucknow

Painting
ca. 1820 - ca. 1825 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lucknow (painted)

Central panel of a large triptych giving a panoramic view of Lucknow. Ghazi du-Din Haider can be seen on an elephant at the bottom left of the painting, mounted on an elephant and surronded by dancing girls and courtiers. The procession of figures on elephants and horses follows behind him. The buildings of Lucknow can be seen in the middle ground with specators, mainly women, on the balconies. A river and hills can be seen in the distance. There is a large tree at the centre right.


Object details
Category
Indian Company Paintings
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Opaque watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, A procession through Lucknow; Lucknow, ca. 1820 - ca. 1825
Physical description
Central panel of a large triptych giving a panoramic view of Lucknow. Ghazi du-Din Haider can be seen on an elephant at the bottom left of the painting, mounted on an elephant and surronded by dancing girls and courtiers. The procession of figures on elephants and horses follows behind him. The buildings of Lucknow can be seen in the middle ground with specators, mainly women, on the balconies. A river and hills can be seen in the distance. There is a large tree at the centre right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 124.5cm
  • Width: 160.5cm
Style
Company
Object history
Bought from R. Gordon-Smith Esq for £100 in 1909 (on loan to the museum from 1905). Accession register has the note: 'The Vendor states that the painting was obtained by an officer of the 23rd Royal Welsh at Lucknow, during the relief of that city in 1857'. Inscribed on the back of IM.2:1-1909: 'Surgeon P. J. Clarke, 90th Rgt./17 [?]/7/58'
Subject depicted
Procession
Places depicted
Oudh
Lucknow
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 126-127 p. ISBN 0944142303
  • India's fabled city : the art of courtly Lucknow / Stephen Markel with Tushara Bindu Gude ; and contributions by Muzaffar Alam ... [et al.]. Munich ;London: Prestel, Johann Gottlieb, c2010 Number: 9783791350752 (hbk.), 3791350757 (hbk.) cat. no. 56, pp. 24-25 (detail) and pp. 96-97.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.2:3-1909

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Record createdJune 4, 2001
Record URL
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