Company school
(India late 18th century–late 19th century)
- Title
- A weaver and his wife
- Other titles:
- A Muslim weaver (note that the weaver is a Hindu as indicated by the sacred thread worn across the body)
- Place of origin
-
Thanjavur (Tanjore) →
Tamil Nadu →
India
- Cultural origin
- Company school; probably by a Muslim artist working in Thanjavur.
- Year
- circa 1800
- Media categories
- Painting, Watercolour
- Materials used
- opaque watercolour with gold on paper
- Dimensions
-
23.0 x 20.0cm image; 28.0 x 23.0cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr George Sandwith 1957
- Accession number
- 9646
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
For further details on this genre of painting refer to Mildred Archer, "Company Paintings" (1992), pg.43-66. With the continued decline of India's ruling classes and a shift in the patronage of art, artists of the Mughal/Muslim courts migrated to the new centres of art patronised by the British. Thus the Persian inscription suggests the work of a Muslim artist. Stylistically these paintings conform to the Thanjavur style of Company school painting. (Refer to Chaitanya, 1994, "A History of Indian Painting: the Modern Period", pg.103).
A series of paintings of castes and their occupations.
Asian Art Dept., AGNSW, 11 November 1997.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Haema Sivanesan (Australia) (Assistant Curator), Indian Painting, Sydney, 2001. cat.no. 4.3
- Exhibition history (4)
-
A survey of Indian art (1967), Fisher Library, University of Sydney, 06 Sep 1967–23 Sep 1967.
Symbols and Ceremonies: Indonesian Textile Traditions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Apr 2006–28 May 2006.
unknown, Georges Melbourne Pty Ltd.
unknown, Royal Empire Society.
