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1946.3.23.4

Picture on talc, depicting a wagon pulled by white oxen, with two men and two leopards. [LKG 27/11/2009]

1946.3.23.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Picture on talc, depicting a wagon pulled by white oxen, with two men and two leopards. [LKG 27/11/2009]
Long description
Picture on talc, depicting a wagon pulled by white oxen, with two men and two leopards. The wagon has been painted red and green and one of the leopards is standing on the cart, wearing a red scarf over its head and tethered to the back of the cart by a chain. The man driving the cart is wearing a green coat with a red belt over yellow trousers. Each ox is harnessed with a simple red collar around the neck. To the left of the image a man in white robes over red trousers with a red turban and green scarf is standing. He is holding onto a leopard by its ears. Trees are painted along the horizon line. Written in pencil below the image is '[?]Tugger Bullock [?]Bandy'
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, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Mica Stone, Process Painted
Dimensions
Width 150 mm page, Length 194 mm page
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.3.23.4
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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