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Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin

(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)

Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding, Raghugarh, India, c.1700 (Museum No: LI118.34)
Travellers making music by the waysidefront

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Travellers making music by the wayside

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  • Description

    Laying aside staffs and bundles, a group of Pahari travellers rest by the wayside. They sing together with gusto, perhaps performing some folk tune. One man beats the rhythm on a clay pot, others clap in time and a man dances on the spot while singing. This sensitively observed scene is by Nainsukh or one of his followers. A related drawing is in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum, Hyderabad.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north-west India › Punjab Hills › Himachal Pradesh › Guler (place of creation)
    Date
    1760 - 1770
    Artist/maker
    attributed to Nainsukh (c. 1710 - 1778) (artist)
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 29 x 35.2 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 16.8 x 22.5 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.107

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 74 on p. 174, p. 19, illus. p. 175

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    • Returned to lender

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