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1959.9.50

Paper containing three sheets (two of which are loose) each with two paintings of Indian servants. [LKG 18/11/2009]


1959.9.50

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Collection type
Object
Description
Paper containing three sheets (two of which are loose) each with two paintings of Indian servants. [LKG 18/11/2009]
Long description
Paper containing three sheets (two of which are loose) each with two paintings of Indian servants. The first page shows a painting of a man dressed in white with a blue sash and a red turban, holding a green parasol. The image on the right shows a woman wearing a red sari with yellow edges, holding a fan. The second page shows a woman in red carrying a bundle wrapped in a white sheet on her head. Her sari is edged with yellow trim and in her right hand she holds a small gold ?jar. She wears black bracelets on each wrist. The image on the right shows a man wearing a white loin cloth with a blue belt and a red turban carrying a large bundle over his shoulder. The bundle is wrapped in a white sheet. The third page shows a man dressed in white robes with a pink and white belt and pink and white bottom hem, wearing a peach turban and carrying a purple parasol. The image on the right shows a man wearing a white loin cloth and a red turban carrying a green case on his head. [LKG 18/11/2009]
Geographical reference
Gujarat Bhavnagar
Person
Field collector Edward Hope Percival
PRM source Alicia Constance Percival
Date / Period
Date made: 1800-1899
Date collected
By 1878
Acquisition information
Donated: 1959
Materials and processes
Material Talc, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length 200 mm sheets, Width 155 mm sheets, Length 120 mm pictures, Width 75 mm pictures
Object numbers
Accession number: 1959.9.50

Search terms: Writing, Picture and Graphic Art, Inscription, Painting, Paper, Document