AlbumsPersian19th century

Folio 27 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two sheets: male and female drum players (recto); Blank page (verso)

19th century

Classification

Albums

Medium

Left: brown and light red inks over graphite; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink and blue colored pencil on off-white wove paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Culture

Persian

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm Recto: sheet at left: 17 x 10.1 cm; sheet at right: 17.5 x 11.5 cm

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