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Svadhinapatika Nayika (The Heroine Whose Husband is Wholly Devoted to Her)

Svadhinapatika Nayika (The Heroine Whose Husband is Wholly Devoted to Her)

second half 19th century
Object PlaceKangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk and white priming on paper
DimensionsOverall: 20.2 x 14.5 cm (7 15/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Image: 16.4 x 10.2 cm (6 7/16 x 4 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2483
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsObverse: in top margin, in Devanagari: "Svadhinapatika." Color notations in Devanagari throughout: "Sindhura" (red ochre), "gulabi" (rose water?), "sagaraph," "vadami," "vaseti," "rupa" (silver).
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)