Playing card, Brahmin Sadanand, Gujarat, ca. 1776
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1776
Playing card, Brahmin Sadanand, Gujarat, ca. 1776 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca. 1776. The museum's brief description reads: Playing cards; One of seventeen European-style rectangular playing cards with drawings on the backs.
This one depicts a horseman, Gujarat, October 1776 and 7th January 1784.. Museum description: One of seventeen European-style rectangular playing cards with drawings on the backs. This one depicts a horseman. (17 printed English cards, with cptions in ink on the lace side and ink drawing and water colours on the reverse by Brahmin Sadanad of Cambay). The museum record gives material recorded as ink, watercolour; measurements Height 6.3 cm; Width 9.3 cm; place associated: Gujarat; maker recorded: Brahmin Sadanand.
These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- ink, watercolour
- Dimensions
- Height 6.3 cm; Width 9.3 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Ink, watercolour
- Maker recorded
- Brahmin Sadanand
- Place recorded
- Gujarat
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- 'Jacy or Sherada [sic]'
Identification
- Museum attribution
- Brahmin Sadanand
- Museum object name
- Playing card
- Museum object number
- IS.12-1961
- Museum system number
- O16853
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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