Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 11 7/8 inches (34.9 × 30.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper right: "A. Green Emeralds | B Green Do | C This is painted Green | upon Gold | D Green Emerald | This is a Diamond | supported by | 2 leaves | in this manner"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "The above is for holding butti nuts and is made of Gold | < and > Diamonds + Emeralds - Introduced into the Peshwas | Group"; inscribed on mount above: "Paundan"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22319
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
Publications:
Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p.23, no. 7, V2359 (YCBA)