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Add Or 5585
- Record Id:
- 040-003279186
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003279184
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x00257d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5585
- Title:
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An Indian lady with long curly hair, half length seated and holding a hookah snake.
- Scope & Content:
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An Indian lady with long curly hair, half length seated and holding a hookah snake. She wears rich jewels and a deep red Kashmiri paisley pattern shawl over her thin muslin shawls. Behind is the base of a Tuscan column and a deep blue hanging with rich green border. Beyond the balcony of which she sits is visible a European type house and garden.
By a Patna artist, c.1820-30.
Water-colour and body-colour on ivory; oval, 90 by 68 mm, in an ebony frame with an acorn fitting, 150 by 125 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003279184
040-003279186 - Is part of:
- Add Or 5342, Add Or 5585-5586 : Three portraits of Indian ladies from the circle of Lady Eliza Jane D’Oyly in Patna 1820-30. Portraits on ivory…
Add Or 5585 : An Indian lady with long curly hair, half length seated and holding a hookah snake. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003279184[0002]/040-003279186
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 5342, Add Or 5585-5586
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Bengal style
Eastern India style
Patna style - Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1830
- Date Range:
- 1820-1830
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour; ivory
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Portraits
Women