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HomePaintings, Etchings, Prints, Chromolithograph, EmbroideryIndian Mica Paintings Victorian Set of Indian Company School Paintings on Mica of Carriages of the Natives of Calcutta

Victorian Set of Indian Company School Paintings on Mica of Carriages of the Natives of Calcutta

SKU: JA_4337154435* (ref. no.)

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SKU: JA_4337154435* Category: Indian Mica Paintings Tags: Calcutta, Carriages, Company, indian, Mica, Natives, Paintings, School, Set, victorian
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~ Victorian Set of Indian Company School Paintings on Mica of Carriages of the Natives of Calcutta ~

A fine set of paintings on Mica collected by the Victorian journalist A. Forbes during the Boer War period.

These paintings are in the ‘Company’ school or style which is a term for a hybrid Indo-European style of paintings made in British India by Indian artists, many of whom worked for European patrons.

The set contains 13 paintings on mica of carriages (and other transport) of the natives of Calcutta

Each is simply an image without a background.

Also included is one watercolour on card, of a background.

The object is to overlay the mica paintings onto the card to form a full picture.

The set comes in a contemporary to the time envelope with the title of the set handwritten by the collector.

~ Dimensions ~

Each piece measures 7.5cm (3 inches) by 11cm (4 ¼ inches).

~ Condition ~

A couple of the paintings have a little wear but in general the paintings are in great order and the colours are still vivid.

Due to the very fragile nature of mica, some of the plates have a little edge damage.

The watercolour on card has foxing.

Please refer to the images for more detail.

~ Mica Paintings ~

Mica paintings are generally small images painted in gouache on one side of very thin, flexible sheets of mica which is a transparent mineral found throughout south India.

Mica paintings were very popular around the middle of the nineteenth century and featured a wide range of subject matter. They imitated paintings on glass, which were popular in Europe at the time.

Mica is a very brittle substance and it is relatively rare to find examples in good condition.

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