{"product_id":"indian-company-school-men-blowing-glass-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-ke-060","title":"Indian Company School, Men Blowing Glass – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Indian Company School, Men Blowing Glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine Indian Company painting of the Patna School showing three men involved in glass making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInscribed on the verso: 'Men Blowing glass'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis painting is one of a set of four Company School Trades \u0026amp; Occupations paintings that are inscribed as being 'For W.J. Rudd Esq', presumed to be a British employee of the East India Company in the 19th century.\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 on cream wove paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother painting in the set is on paper watermarked 1835.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55549106913609,"sku":"KE-060","price":493.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KE-060.jpg?v=1791459691","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/en-eu\/products\/indian-company-school-men-blowing-glass-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-ke-060","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}