Attributed to James Wales, ca.1747–1795, British, A Nautch or Dance, ca. 1792
- Title:
- A Nautch or Dance
- Additional Title(s):
- A Notch, or Dance of Doomnies before a Moghul Gentleman
- Date:
- ca. 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Image: 8 7/8 × 12 1/4 inches (22.5 × 31.1 cm), Mount: 11 3/4 × 14 3/8 inches (29.8 × 36.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in pen and brown ink, lower center: "A Notch, or Dance of Domnies before a Mogul Gentleman"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.22430
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17792
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Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 30, no. 84, V2359 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Holly Shaffer, Grafted arts : art making and taking in the struggle for western India : 1760-1910, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, CT, p. 53, fig. 24, N72.P6 S53 2022+ (YCBA) [YCBA]
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