Gentil album [slides] Victoria and Albert Museum - London Victoria and Albert Museum - 2 Slides Col. ill 35mm. - Art of India Collection from Victoria and Albert Museum .

IGNCA slides collection, cross reference Art of India: Paintings and Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum,p.145 Colnel Jean Baptist Joseph Gentil (1726-99) lived in Faizabad from 1763-73 and he commissioned several illustrated manuscripts from local artists. The album depicts the manners and customs of the page and contents list; most pictures are folowed by a handwritten key.


Painting-India
Company painting
Aristocracy
Jean Baptist Joseph Gentil
Manuscript

V&A / IS 25-1980