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Date1600-1900
MediumWatercolor with gold illumination
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (21 × 15.9 cm)
Frame: 10 in. × 7 1/2 in. × 1/2 in. (25.4 × 19.1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1988.37
On view
Additional Details
Provenance
1988: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William G. Roehrick.
1970: Edith Oliver, by gift of E. M. Forster upon his death
before 1970: E. M. Forster, possibly by gift of Masoud or the Maharajah of Dewas.
1970: Edith Oliver, by gift of E. M. Forster upon his death
before 1970: E. M. Forster, possibly by gift of Masoud or the Maharajah of Dewas.
Published References
P.N. Furbank. "E.M. Forster: A Life," volume II. London: Arnold-Heinemann, 1978.
Inscribed
Entitled in ink at upper center: [Urdu text: "The Picture Rakasa ....[?].... Kashmir"] or [Persian text: "Image of Kathak(?) dancer"]
Verso (typed): "This picture belonged to E.M. Forster and was given to Edith Oliver on his death in 1970."
Verso (handwritten): "Masoud had given it to EMF, I think, Or was it from the stay in DEMAS? / WR / Masoud was Muslim. The Maharaja of Dewas was Hindu."
Verso (typed): "This picture belonged to E.M. Forster and was given to Edith Oliver on his death in 1970."
Verso (handwritten): "Masoud had given it to EMF, I think, Or was it from the stay in DEMAS? / WR / Masoud was Muslim. The Maharaja of Dewas was Hindu."
Date: early 19th century
Medium: Gouache and gold over white ground on paper
Object number: 1986.26
Date: unknown
Medium: Double-sided ink, gold paint, and opaque watercolor on paper
Object number: 1985.3a-b
Date: mid-16th century
Medium: Double-sided watercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
Object number: 1986.29.1a-b
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: August 1910
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.24
Guadalupito Sanchez
Date: c. 1920-1930
Medium: Casein paint on paper
Object number: 2018.3.8
Date: c. 700-1550 CE
Medium: Gold or tumbaga (gold and copper alloy)
Object number: 2004.2
Date: likely 1837
Medium: Watercolor with opaque white on paper
Object number: 1971.26
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: July 1914
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
Object number: EL 1995.1
Date: c. 1837
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.33