{"product_id":"indian-company-school-a-bawarchi-cook-original-c-1830s-watercolour-painting-ke-053","title":"Indian Company School, A Bawarchi (Cook) – c.1830s watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original c.1830s watercolour painting – Indian Company School, A Bawarchi (Cook).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vivid Indian Company School painting showing a male Bawarchi, or Cook, seated at his stove.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis painting is a fine example of an Indian Company painting, produced for Western (especially British) patrons in India in the 19th century, many of whom were working for the East India Company. It displays the striking hybrid techniques which led to the categorisation of the ‘Company’ style as a School. While incorporating traditional elements from Rajput and Mughal painting, they were given a more 'western' appearance through their use of perspective and rounded modelling, as opposed to the more decorative, 'flatter' styles that had gone before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn watercolour with touches of opaque pigment on cream wove paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvenance: from an early 19th-century British album, dated 1835.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease note the small size of this artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55549106291017,"sku":"KE-053","price":457.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KE-053.jpg?v=1791459680","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/de-eu\/products\/indian-company-school-a-bawarchi-cook-original-c-1830s-watercolour-painting-ke-053","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}