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Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Title:

Persian Sword Hilt Set with Diamonds

Date:
undated
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (22.5 × 17.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "All the spots are Diamonds set in Gold | upon a Green Ground"; in brown ink, lower center: "This Sword is esteemed a very fine | one - The end of the scabard is the same | pattern as the hilt. It is a Persian Sword | made at Isfahan and given as a present to | The Peshwa by M. Scindia in 1792. | Introduced in the Peshwas group"

Partial watermark: Fleur-de-lis, GR

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22270
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
diamonds (minerals) | hilt | Persian | still life | sword
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17223
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Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 23, no. 9, V2359 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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