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WD4441
- Record Id:
- 032-003268350
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268350
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0012bf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4441
- Title:
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Miniature portrait of an Indian lady. Artist(s): Alefounder, John (1758-94)
- Scope & Content:
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Miniature portrait of an Indian lady. 1790.
Facing right, she wears a green-bordered white sari and many necklaces, armlets and RIngs, large earrings and a crescent-moon shaped pendant over her forehead, suspended from a pearl necklace arranged over her long loose hair. In her right hand is the mouthpice of a hookah snake.
Water-colour on ivory; oval, 77 by 65 mm.
Inscribed on reverse in pencil: ‘Alefounder del Bengal /90.’
Published: Daphne Foskett, ‘Collecting Miniatures’, Woodbridge 1979, pp. 192-4, pl. 44E.
Purchased 1997.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003268350", "parent" : "#", "text" : "WD4441: Miniature portrait of an Indian lady. Artist(s): Alefounder, John (1758-94)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268350
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268350
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1790
- End Date:
- 1790
- Date Range:
- 1790
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour; ivory
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Alefounder, John, 1758-1794
- Subjects:
- Portraits
ethnic and religious groups