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                Hobson-Jobson

                Site-specific installation of paintings of political agents paired with prints of the maharajahs who they worked for.
                The Museum of Legacies, Jaipur, India
                11th December 2018 - 20th August 2019

                For her first solo exhibition in Jaipur Stephanie Douet presents a site-specific installation of life-size portrait busts in the delicately arched and creamy architecture of an upstairs chamber in the Museum of Legacies in Jaipur. 12 paintings, all measuring 84 x 63cm, are installed alongside prints of the archive photographs that inspired them. The photographs are presented courtesy of Udaipur City Palace; some are copies of originals, taken from books and used for visual reference, showing pencil marks for scaling up the image, paint marks and tears; the others are photographs Douet took on her visit to Udaipur City Palace in 2015, where she discovered a room with neglected photos of political agents. These piqued her interest and started her on a quest to understand the British Raj and Britain's historic and contemporary relationship with India and its inhabitants.

                The name ‘Hobson-Jobson’ comes from the Victorian slang glossary, and is a corruption of ‘Ya Hossein! Ya Hassan!’ which is cried in commemoration at Moharram* and shuffles together Indian and British cultures, their misunderstandings and syntheses.
                Installation at the Mseum of Legacies

                Installation at the Mseum of Legacies

                Hobson-Jobson exhibition, Museum of Legacies Jaipur 2018

                Installation view, west wall

                Installation view of Hobson-Jobson in Museum of Legacies, showing paintings in alcove

                Installation view, east wall

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                Close-up of pair of images

                Museum of Legacies, Jaipur, India

                Prince and Officer

                Installation view

                Foreground: Major Lee

                Major Acton

                Major Acton

                acrylic painting on board,

                Colonel Pearson

                acrylic painting

                Winged Major

                Colonel Patterson

                Colonel Patterson

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                Prince

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                Captain Perkins

                Major Fergusson

                Major Fergusson

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