Company School Illustration: Chattaburdar (Fan bearer)
Entry/Object ID
2020.030
Collection
Hundal Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Artist Unknown
Date made
circa 1850
Time Period
19th Century
Place
* Untyped Place
Patna, North India
Dimensions
Height
10 in
Width
7-3/4 in
Interpretative Labels
Label
The British East India Company and other foreign companies arrived in India in the 18th and 19th centuries and Indian artists adopted an Indo-European style of painting to appeal to these new patrons. The paintings were large scale images of Indian people, landscapes, flora and fauna. However, the school lost its momentum with the introduction of photography to India in the early 1840s.
