A dancing woman with four male musicians of south India. Gouache painting.
- Date:
- [1815?]
- Reference:
- 728669i
- Part of:
- Indian practitioners of trades, crafts, and professions. Gouache paintings, 18--.
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Description
All are richly dressed. The men play the flute and drum (left) and the castanet and bagpipes (right)
Publication/Creation
[1815?]
Physical description
1 painting : gouache, with indian ink and gold ; image approximately 20.5 x 26 cm
Lettering
People of Tanjore. Dancers of the temple. Worship Vishnu. Of no cast, but those from any cast who are not of strict morals dance for hire before kings and chiefs particularly at marriages and all religious ceremonies.
Creator/production credits
Attributed to a painter from Tanjore (Thanjavur)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 728669i
Type/Technique
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Where to find it
volume I
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