Agra School, Taj Mahal paintings, Agra School (early 19th c.), Pietra Dura Studies, ink, watercolor and gouache on paper, (3) conjoined sheets, unsigned, 22.5"h x 20.25"w (sheet), 12.5"h x 24.5"l (sheet), and 20.75"h x 28.5"w (sheet), unframed

Provenance: The Ford Foundation, NY; Possibly from a portfolio of drawings made by Delhi artists working in Calcutta for Colonel Pownell Phipps, father of the donor and Superintendent and Inspector of Public Buildings, Calcutta, 1816-1822.

Notes/Literature: Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period. Victoria & Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 142 p. ISBN 0944142303

Fair, laid down on board, creases/fold lines, toning, pencil marks, paper loss, scattered stains, all laid down to the same board