Accession number
MS W.74
Object title
Indian Paintings on Mica.
Display Date
Benares, India? ca. 1850.
Created
Benares, India? ca. 1850.
Binding
Contemporary purple morocco with broad gold-tooled border and blind tools. Indian style glazed yellow and gold end-papers. In modern blue cloth box with paper label on spine.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia Parker Wightman, 1994.
Description
[1], 18, [3] leaves ; 21.2 x 26.6 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
24 miniature paintings on mica (talc) mounted on paper with blue ribbon around the edges and bound into an album.
12 paintings depict Royal carriages, marriage ceremonies, mosques, and various activities, such as winding thread, bullock trunks, gleaming rice, and drawing water, while the remaining 12 (mounted in pairs) depict native costumes. Each miniature covered with pink tissue paper curtains. All are identified by pencil captions in English under each miniature.
12 paintings depict Royal carriages, marriage ceremonies, mosques, and various activities, such as winding thread, bullock trunks, gleaming rice, and drawing water, while the remaining 12 (mounted in pairs) depict native costumes. Each miniature covered with pink tissue paper curtains. All are identified by pencil captions in English under each miniature.
Script
cursive
Language
In English
Century
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