Lady Blames Cat for Scratches Inflicted by Lover
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Title
Lady Blames Cat for Scratches Inflicted by Lover
Mapping in Color Item Type Metadata
Title
Lady Blames Cat for Scratches Inflicted by Lover
Repository
Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession Number
IS 20-1958
Parent Work
Rasamanjari
Sequential order of folio
21
Date
16670-1670
Location
Basohli, India
Medium
Opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle-wing cases on paper
Size (H x W cm)
23.6 x 33.1 cm
Paratext
In Takri at top : ‘gupata parakia'
'she who is secretly another's'
On left border in Takri: '21'
'she who is secretly another's'
On left border in Takri: '21'
Publications
Swallow, Deborah and John Guy. Arts of India: 1550-1900. London: V&A Publications, 1990.
Stronge, S. "The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms", V&A, 1999.
Goswamy, B. N., et al. Pahari Masters : Court Painters of Northern India. Artibus Asiae Publishers : Museum Reitberg, 1992.
Topsfield, Andrew, An introduction to Indian Court Painting, H.M.S.O., London, 1984.
Archer, W. G. Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting. London;Oxford University Press, 1973.
Stronge, S. "The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms", V&A, 1999.
Goswamy, B. N., et al. Pahari Masters : Court Painters of Northern India. Artibus Asiae Publishers : Museum Reitberg, 1992.
Topsfield, Andrew, An introduction to Indian Court Painting, H.M.S.O., London, 1984.
Archer, W. G. Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting. London;Oxford University Press, 1973.
Collection
Citation
“Lady Blames Cat for Scratches Inflicted by Lover,” Mapping Color, accessed April 10, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/190.