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1946.3.22.3

Set of talc images showing a man with a red hat and yellow scarf carrying a yoke and a man in white holding a pair of boots. [LKG 18/11/2009]

1946.3.22.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Set of talc images showing a man with a red hat and yellow scarf carrying a yoke and a man in white holding a pair of boots. [LKG 18/11/2009]
Long description
Set of talc images showing a man with a red hat and yellow scarf carrying a yoke and a man in white holding a pair of boots. The man carrying a yoke wears a pair of white knee length trousers with a red and white striped belt. On either side of the yoke a large pink coloured round basket hangs. Written beneath the image is 'Benares Brahmin'. The man in the right side image wears a red turban and his white robes are edged with red. The boots he carries are black with brown tops. The paint of his turban and face has flaked away leaving only the outline in places. Written beneath this image is '[?]Chubler'. [LKG 18/11/2009]
Person
Field collector Duncan MacPherson
PRM source Mary Louisa Sturrock
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1860
Date collected
By 1860
Acquisition information
Donated: 1946
Materials and processes
Material Talc, Material Pigment, Material Paper Plant, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length 220 mm outer cover, Width 175 mm outer cover
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.3.22.3
Research and responses

Mrs W.D. Sturrock undoubtedly refers to Mary Macpherson, wife of William Duncan Sturrock (1880 - 1942) See biographies database for further details [L.Ph 26/3/2004]

Search terms: Picture and Graphic Art, Painting

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