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Indian, Benares

Design for a Palanquin, ca. 1850 - 1890

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Indian

Title

Design for a Palanquin

Year

ca. 1850 - 1890

Medium

Graphite, ink, and watercolor on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • watercolor

Supports

  • paper mounted on a sheet of thin paper

Dimensions

17.5 x 31.4 cm (6 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches) image

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscriptions top right; Stamped in ink, top left:Mani Ram Har Jiwan Ram/[?]/Benares City

Place

Benares; India

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Catherine and Ralph Benkaim

Object Number

1986.151.10

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Design for a Palanquin with the accession number of 1986.151.10. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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