Harvard Art Museums > 2009.202.226: Jura Geer Berah Geer, the Famous Sheep Eater Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Jura Geer Berah Geer, the Famous Sheep Eater (Unknown Artist) , 2009.202.226,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/217279. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2009.202.226 People Unknown Artist Title Jura Geer Berah Geer, the Famous Sheep Eater Other Titles Alternate Title: Jura Geer Berah Geer the Famous Sheep Eater from Surong near Kas Gunge in the Furrakabad District at his Breakfast Former Title: Suza Geer Berah Geer, the Famous Sheep Eater from Suroung near Shas Gunge in the Furrakabad District at his Breakfast Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1793-1804 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Bengal, Calcutta Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/217279 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink and opaque watercolor on paper Dimensions 33 x 53.1 cm (13 x 20 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower left, ink; owner's signature: James Nath. Rind Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008), by descent; to his estate (2008-2009), gift; to Harvard Art Museum. Notes: Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch Accession Year 2009 Object Number 2009.202.226 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Stuart Cary Welch, Room for Wonder : Indian Painting During the British Period, 1760-1880, exh. cat., American Federation of Arts (New York, NY, 1978), p.44, fig.11 Jeremiah Losty, The Sheep-eater of Fatehgarh, South Asian Studies (1988), vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-11, p. 5 Mildred Archer, Company Paintings: Indian Paintings of the British Period, Victoria and Albert Museum and Mapin Publishing (London, 1992), p.82-83 Exhibition History Leaves From the Jungle, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/17/1984 - 01/06/1985 Poignant, Picturesque, and Berserk Northern Indian Paintings and Objects of the Seventeenth through Nineteenth Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/08/1992 - 10/04/1992 Re-View: S231 (Islamic rotation: 7) Company to Crown, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/2011 - 10/15/2011 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
