Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798, British
Title:
A Durbar Scene, Poona, October 3, 1792
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 6 1/16 inches (11.4 × 15.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper left: "No. 18"; lower center: "A Durbar Scene Poona Octr. 3rd 1792"; inscribed on mount: "Sketch of the Peshwa at Durbar"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22281
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Indian | court (judicial body) | men | armor | genre subject | genre subject | swords | shields | turbans
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
Publications:
Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 24, no. 18, V2359 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17248