Study for Lady with a Hookah Attended by a Maid

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Study for Lady with a Hookah Attended by a Maid

Place of OriginIndia, Kangra

Dateabout 1785-1790

Dimensions26 x 19.5 cm (Dealer)

MediumOpaque watercolor on paper

ClassificationDrawings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the bequest of Margaret E. Crowe in memory of her parents Jenny Lind and John George Eirich and with funds given by Emma Leah Bippus in memory of Gertrude Easton and by an anonymous donor

Object number

2010.53

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DescriptionAn Indian preliminary drawing for a painting of opaque watercolor on paper. An Indian preliminary drawing for a painting of opaque watercolor on paper.

Published Referencesc.f. There is a comparable example of Lady with Narcissus in the Victoria and Albert Museum (IS125/1955) ex J.C. French collection. The painting measures 25.5 x 16.7 cms. And is published in W. G. Archer, Indian Painting from the Punjab Hills, 1973, vol. II, no. 59.