Gangaram Chintaman Navgire Tambat, active 1790s, Indian
Title:
Bickshoo Moonee
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (19.7 × 19.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower center: "[...] Bickshoo Moonee (or Saint) Living in Decr. 1794 | at Soorea gaum abt. 8 Cos from Ahmednuggur. The Spiritual | Director of Gungaram Who drew this ^ from Life | <...> [...]boor Mo [Jno?] & [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22248
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Indian | Indian | man | man | figure study | beard | sitting | sitting
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:
Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 33, no. 107, V2359 (YCBA)