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Ladies going to the swings
Kangra or Guler, late 18th Century
Gouache on paper, with a group of ladies crossing a terrace on their way to the swings in the garden, where other ladies are already playing, under a lightning-streaked monsoon sky, various birds in the trees watching the lightning and black clouds, the first floor with three ladies watching the scene, heightened with gold
30.5 x 23.5 cm (minute flaking, border partly with damp damage)
Kangra or Guler, late 18th Century
Gouache on paper, with a group of ladies crossing a terrace on their way to the swings in the garden, where other ladies are already playing, under a lightning-streaked monsoon sky, various birds in the trees watching the lightning and black clouds, the first floor with three ladies watching the scene, heightened with gold
30.5 x 23.5 cm (minute flaking, border partly with damp damage)