Peacocks in an Indian Garden
Details
Warwick Goble (fl.1893-1925)
Peacocks in an Indian Garden
signed 'Warwick Goble'
pen and black ink and watercolour
13¼ x 9in. (34.7 x 22.8cm.)
see back cover illustration
Peacocks in an Indian Garden
signed 'Warwick Goble'
pen and black ink and watercolour
13¼ x 9in. (34.7 x 22.8cm.)
see back cover illustration
Provenance
The Dudley Galleries, London
Literature
An original illustration for The Story of Princess Sobur in Folk Tales of Bengal
A merchant's daughter, banished from home, takes refuge with her attendant in the trunk of a tree, during the night innumerable peacocks scramble for food they have scattered about; the women collect the feathers they drop and make them into a fan which is sold for a large sum.
A merchant's daughter, banished from home, takes refuge with her attendant in the trunk of a tree, during the night innumerable peacocks scramble for food they have scattered about; the women collect the feathers they drop and make them into a fan which is sold for a large sum.