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Drawing

late 18th Century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coloured brush drawing, ink and watercolour on paper, depicting a European lady with two attendants, pouring wine as she listens to a woman who addresses her.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn with a brush in ink and watercolour on paper. The ink is made up of lamp-black with water and a gum binder, usually gum arabic (hardened tree sap)
Brief description
Brush drawing, European Lady with two attendants, ink and watercolour on paper, Rajasthan, late 18th century
Physical description
Coloured brush drawing, ink and watercolour on paper, depicting a European lady with two attendants, pouring wine as she listens to a woman who addresses her.
Dimensions
  • Height: 230mm (maximum; estimate)
  • Width: 173mm (maximum; estimated behind cardboard mount)
08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; not possible to measure object due to the way in which it is mounted
Content description
A European lady with two attendants, pouring wine as she listens to a woman who addresses her.
Style
Credit line
Given by Colonel T.G. Gayer-Anderson, C.M.G., D.S.O. and Major R.G. Anderson, Pasha.
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.461-1952

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Record createdMay 20, 2002
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