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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
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Date: unknown
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Dorothy Shakespear
Date: August 1910
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Unknown artist, Turkish
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