Indian Company School Muharram Festival Figure
An original c.1840s gouache painting – Indian Company School, Muharram Festival Figure.
A vivid and colourful Indian Company School painting showing a scene from the Muharram festival.
In opaque pigment on cream wove paper with partial fleur-de-lis watermark.
Provenance: from an album of works belonging to Alice (1838–1860) and Mina Morton (1829–1880), daughters of the Irish missionary in India, William Morton, who was at Cossipore and Chinsura, West Bengal, in the 1830s and 1840s. In 1826 he is mentioned as Professor and Chaplain of Calcutta Grammar-School. At Chinsura he worked for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He was proficient in Bengali and published significant works, including A Dictionary of the Bengali Language (1828), A Collection of Proverbs, Bengali and Sanscrit, with their Translation and Application in English (1832), and The Life of Daniel in Bengali (1837).
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Dimensions: Height: 18.2cm (7.17") Width: 11.3cm (4.45")
Presented: Unframed.
Medium: Gouache
Age: Early 19th-century
Signed: No.
Inscribed: No.
Dated: --
Condition: Some age toning as shown. There is a line of imperfection running down the paper towards the left edge, and minor creasing to the left corners of the sheet. Please see photos for detail.
Stock number: KD-214
