COMPANY SCHOOL: SWEEPER WITH DOGS
INDIA, PATNA, CIRCA 1830
£8,820
Auction: Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | Lots 84 to 152 | 12 June at 10am
Description
watercolour on paper, depicting a young servant in a blue turban with his two dogs on a lead, and holding a whip in his right hand, in a landscape
Dimensions
Folio: 22.4cm x 17.7cm (8 6/8in x 7in)
Provenance
Acquired before 1948.
Footnote
Exhibited:
Loan to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, from 1994 to 2004, no. 81.
Literature:
Mildred Archer, Patna Painting, London, 1948, Chapter II, The Patna Market, plate 11.