2009.202.12: Line Drawing of a Horse

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.202.12

Title

Line Drawing of a Horse

Other Titles

Alternate Title: A Very Graceful Stallion

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

mid-18th century

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/217748

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and watercolor on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

28.3 x 21.7 cm (11 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch

Accession Year

2009

Object Number

2009.202.12

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Stuart Cary Welch, Indian Drawings and Painted Sketches , exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (Washington, D.C, 1976), p.119, fig. 67
• Stuart Cary Welch and Kim Masteller, From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2004), pp. 194-195, no. 68

Exhibition History

• Indian and Persian Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/25/1987 - 06/21/1987
• From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from SCWelch, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/2005 - 06/02/2005

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