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Add Or 2809
- Record Id:
- 032-003263852
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003263852
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00012d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 2809
- Title:
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Margasirsha (November - December)
- Scope & Content:
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Margasirsha (November-December). A terrace scene with a prince and mistress kneeling; a man prays and a figure sleeps, heavily wrapped in a blanket.
Jaipur, c.1850.
Mounted in an album (formerly Album 70); presented 21 April 1915.
Inscribed on yellow panel above miniature with five lines of text in nagari characters; on reverse a description based on the nagari text:’ The month of Maug Shur, from the Baramassa - The cold is severe, the flowers are fadinq, this is the month for prayer, arid also for pleasure - Let no lover leave his mistress at such a time.’
Gouache with gold, blue and pink or red borders.
155 by 92 mm; page 245 by 183 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003263852", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 2809: Margasirsha (November - December)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003263852
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003263852
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Rajasthan style
Rajasthan/Jaipur style - Start Date:
- 1849
- End Date:
- 1851
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 525ii
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Baramasa illustration