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Sravana ( July - August).

Catalogue reference: Add Or 2810

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Add Or 2810
Title
Sravana ( July - August).
Date
c 1850
Description

Sravana (July-August). A lady sits on a swing with two girls in attendance. Jaipur, c.1850. Mounted in an album (formerly Album 70); presented 21 April 1915. Gouache with gold, blue and pink or red borders. 155 by 92 mm; page 245 by 183 mm. Inscribed on yellow panel above miniature with five lines of text in nagari characters; on reverse a description based on the nagari text:' The Month of Shravun from the Bara Massa - The clouds are collecting - the Lightening is flashing, and the rain is about to fall in abundance - let no Lover leave his Mistress in such a Month.'.

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Physical condition
Medium: opaque watercolour.
Unpublished finding aids
Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 525iii
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/0ae48367-fde9-45ba-9ac3-e89ca4809e42/

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Sravana ( July - August).