[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 Paintings from Avadh (which the British knew as Oudh) in North India in the 18th century are usually rather stiff and formal in their composition and subject-matter, so this scene of carousing ladies is rather unusual. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1775–1784 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-291-1955](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-291-1955) · Pramāṇa