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Sketches: European Ladies (recto); Embracing Couple (verso) Inscribed: "Dresses Worn in the Month of Kartik" [Oct.-Nov.]
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The recto side depicts a series of sketches of European women wearing a variety of dresses, hats, and hairstyles. They are shown from the front, back, in profile, and as busts. The inscription states, “Dresses worn in the month of Kartik”. Kartik is a Hindu calendar month that overlaps October and November. At the bottom is a sketch of an outstretched arm with a bird of prey perched on it. The verso side depicts a European couple embracing. The male figure stands behind the female figure with his arms around her. Her hands hold onto a fan in that rests in front of her.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1973 - 2008 ) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009 ) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.
Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1973.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Stuart Cary Welch Collection Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Title: Sketches: European Ladies (recto); Embracing Couple (verso) Inscribed: "Dresses Worn in the Month of Kartik" [Oct.-Nov.]
Description:
The recto side depicts a series of sketches of European women wearing a variety of dresses, hats, and hairstyles.
They are shown from the front, back, in profile, and as busts.
The inscription states, “Dresses worn in the month of Kartik”.
Kartik is a Hindu calendar month that overlaps October and November.
At the bottom is a sketch of an outstretched arm with a bird of prey perched on it.
The verso side depicts a European couple embracing.
The male figure stands behind the female figure with his arms around her.
Her hands hold onto a fan in that rests in front of her.
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