Lot 10
10
William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
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William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)

Purdah Cars

Details
William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
Purdah Cars
inscribed with colour notes
pencil, unframed
7 3/8 x 11 in. (18.7 x 27.9 cm.); and 7 3/8 x 10 in. (18.7 x 25.3 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Probably Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 May 1962, where purchased for the present collection.
Exhibited
India Observed, no. 32.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Purdah is the Muslim or Hindu practice of keeping women covered from men outside their own family; literally translated the word means 'screen' or 'veil'. Bullock-drawn purdah cars were used to convey female passengers. This sketch, annotated with colour notes, may well have been intended as reference for more finished works upon the Daniells' return to England.

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