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Weavers

Painting
ca. 1785 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is a page from the Boileau Album. The album contains 42 Company paintings probably made by an artist from Thanjavur (Tanjore) living in Madras. Painting in Madras at this early period appears to have been linked mainly to individual patronage. John Peter Boileau commissioned this album. Boileau, whose ancestors were French, served as a member of the Madras Civil Service from 1765 to 1785. He probably had the album made to take back home to England when he retired.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWeavers (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Paintings; Watercolour on English paper, Weavers, Madras, ca. 1785
Physical description
Weavers combing a warp and women reeling and spinning.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 27cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
N32 Weaver Cast (Inscription; Decoration; English; Roman)
Summary
This is a page from the Boileau Album. The album contains 42 Company paintings probably made by an artist from Thanjavur (Tanjore) living in Madras. Painting in Madras at this early period appears to have been linked mainly to individual patronage. John Peter Boileau commissioned this album. Boileau, whose ancestors were French, served as a member of the Madras Civil Service from 1765 to 1785. He probably had the album made to take back home to England when he retired.
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 38 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
IS.75:32-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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