2009.202.17: The Wind Palace (Hawa Mahal) of Jaipur

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.202.17

Title

The Wind Palace (Hawa Mahal) of Jaipur

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Hawachahal of Jaipur in Summer

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1848

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/217920

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink, opaque watercolor and gold on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

25 x 22 cm (9 13/16 x 8 11/16 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

2009.202.17

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• 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. 196-197, no. 69

Exhibition History

• Viewing Architecture: Paintings and Photographs of Indian Architecture, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/14/1984 - 09/17/1984
• 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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