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A girl with yo-yo.

Catalogue reference: Add Or 2866

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Add Or 2866
Title
A girl with yo-yo.
Date
c 1800
Description

A girl with a yo-yo. Mughal, c.1800. Formerly Album 70, no.67; acquired 21 April 1915. Gouache with gold; blue, green and brown borders. 128 by 80 mm; page 283 by 211 mm. A girl is seated in a gold chair playing with a yo-yo. She is dressed predominantly in gold but is naked to the waist.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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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Unpublished finding aids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), 225
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/5f934b89-565a-4fef-84e1-15cf1c41ff8b/

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A girl with yo-yo.