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Add Or 4164-4175

Record Id:

032-003278080

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003278080

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x00212b

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add Or 4164-4175

Title:

Add.Or.4164-4175 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities. By a Trichinopoly artist, c.1850. Body-colour on mica: 142 by 100 mm. Purchas ...

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Add.Or.4164-4175

12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.

By a Trichinopoly artist, c.1850.

Body-colour on mica: 142 by 100 mm.

Purchased from the Haklyut Society, July 1983.

Note: The divinities are mostly depicted standing on an orange-brown ground with blue hills on the horizon. Most have a note underneath with a title, which is noted here only if different from the title here assigned. The spelling suggests that they were written by a native Tamil speaker.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

12 items

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Start Date:

1849

End Date:

1851

Date Range:

1849-1851

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Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

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