Attributed to Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s, Indian
Title:
Musical Instruments
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (27 × 22.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Musical Instruments"; in pen and brown ink, upper center: "The Instruments composing the Nobus Korna or Band of Merrick attach'd to certain Ranks | of Authority or Nobility in Hindostan & Which Play at the different Pehrs or thatches of the | Day & Night which are divided into eight Pehrs or 3 Hours each Pehr"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22312
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:
Martina Droth, Britain in the world: Highlights from the Yale Center for British Art in honor of Amy Meyers, Yale University Press, New Haven, London, p. 99, N6761 .Y33 2019 (LC) (YCBA)Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 30, no. 82, V2359 (YCBA)