[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Painting # Painting This is a detail from a horizontal scroll-painting depicting Hindu deities. It is a Company painting (the name given to paintings made by Indian artists for the British in India). William Marsden, who served in Sumatra as an East India Company writer between 1771 and 1779, acquired it. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1766–1775 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-560-1924](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-560-1924) · Pramāṇa