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Edward Frederick Green (1801 – 1884).

Indian Snake Charmers.

Signed, inscribed and dated l.r.: E F Green Poonah 1847, oil on canvas.

 

Provenance:

Christie’s, London, 5 June 1996, lot 140;

Private collection, Scandinavia.

 

Exhibited:

Royal Academy, 1851, no. 446.

 

In this evocative image, the snake charmer holds a pungi. His assistant has a python draped around him and a mongoose, commonly included in snake charmers’ performances, is tied up in the corner of the composition. A third snake slithers in the foreground. They are standing in a landscape with a fort on a hill in the middle distance, with mountains beyond.

Green, while not known for his topographical accuracy, seems to have captured the hilly landscape around Poona, and the building on the rocky outcrop in the present work may be loosely based on the Maratha Hill Fort at Purandhar. The temples may be inspired by the Temples of Parvati at Poona.

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Dimensions

76.9 x 63.8 cm; 30 ¼ x 25 1/8 inches; framed size 96 x 82 cm.; 37 ¾ x 32 ½ inches

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