Live Auction 7586West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection
Lucknow School, circa 1790-1800
Lot 320

Lucknow School, circa 1790-1800

A nautch girl at her toilette with her attendant

Closed22 May 2008

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GBP 5,000

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Lucknow School, circa 1790-1800
A nautch girl at her toilette with her attendant
with inscription 'A Hindoo Lady/has just been bathing/is attended by her servt/with Rose water, perfumes ETC' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and gold
13¾ x 8 7/8 in. (35 x 22.6 cm.)

Specialist note

Dated 1790-1800 this painting is transitional in its style between the late Mughal school at Lucknow and the emerging 'Company' Lucknow school. The noblewoman's iconography is traditional, but she and her companion's clothes are painted in a looser and freer technique.