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Illuminated manuscript page from Northern India
- Title
- Illuminated manuscript page from Northern India.
- Format
- Image
- Published
- 1750-1850.
- Description
- Paint and gold on paper: 41 x 31 cm.
- Notes
- Illustration and text on both sides. Language is Urdu; script in black with some red. Incorrectly cataloged as Persian. Old call number retained for now.
- Summary
- Side a: one illustrated panel-a man and woman copulating in a pavilion. A woman in attendance looks out at a man watching from two trees. Side b: one illustrated panel-an elderly woman and a young woman talking to a man. Nut, fruit trees and fountain in the background. Bright colors with some details in gold. Paper stained, smudged, torn and taped. White mat.
- Kinsey subjects
- Book illustration. Voyeurism.