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Recto: Woman swinging; Verso: Woman seated with musicians
Recto: Woman swinging; Verso: Woman seated with musicians

Recto: Woman swinging; Verso: Woman seated with musicians

about 1830–40
Object PlaceStyle of Kangra, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, perhaps with graphite
DimensionsOverall: 21.7 x 16cm (8 9/16 x 6 5/16in.)
Other (First Image): 19.3 x 12.2 cm (7 5/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Other (Second Image): 16.7 x 13.5 cm (6 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2518
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsObverse: in Devanagari, words on various elements of the painting (to be read). Reverse: in Devanagari, words on various elements of the painting (to be read), and Bahadur Shah seal in English.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)