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A Lady Carrying a Lighted Lamp

Made By Mughal
CultureIndian
Datec. 1760
Mediumopaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold
Dimensionssheet: 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (11.4 x 8 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Horace W. Frost
Terms
  • female figure
  • lamp
Object number91.15.37
Collections
  • Indian
Inscribedverso in black ink heightened with gold: [nine lines of calligraphic text]
On View
Not on view
Provenance(Arcade Gallery, London); sold to Mildred Kip Frost, 1971; to present collection, 1991
Exhibitions
The Greatest Delight: Painting of India from the Williams College Museum of Art
Teaching with Art: The Golden Road to Samarqand
Labeltalk 2013: India February 2, 2013 - June 9, 2013
Object Lab Fall 2016
Object Lab Spring 2024
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