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Creator:
Shaykh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, active 1830s–1840s
Title:
A Bay Racehorse with a Groom
Date:
ca. 1842
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 13 1/4 × 19 1/8 inches (33.7 × 48.6 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 14 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (36.8 × 50.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: "Calcutta, at Karyah"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "7298 | Mount to cover outer blk line"

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: "Shekh Mohamud Ameer"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2021.13.1
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art | groom (caretaker of horses) | horse (animal) | portrait
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83333
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