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21. Add Or 5728-5775

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5728-5775
Title:
Portraits and costumes of the Rajah and Dewan of Travanore and the various castes of the native Indians by Stephen Crening, 1842
Scope & Content:
48 drawings bound into a volume depicting castes of the Malabar Coast. In most cases a man and woman are shown together holding the implements of their trade. At the end of the album, there is a 'A Supplemental Explanatory Table to the foregoing plates arranged in their numerical order'. First tw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837-1842
Extent:
1 album with 48 drawings

22. Add Or 5730

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5730
Title:
Woman holding a parasol
Scope & Content:
One half of an illustration pasted onto page. 'Inscribed: 'Ittee'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

23. Add Or 5731

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5731
Title:
Two Kerala Brahmins; the man with a parasol and palm-leaf fan, the woman with a parasol.
Scope & Content:
'Two Kerala Brahmins; the man with a parasol and palm-leaf fan, the woman with a parasol. Inscribed: 'Namboory. Namboorechee.' Copy of Add Or 1335
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

24. Add Or 5732

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5732
Title:
Brahmin couple
Scope & Content:
Inscribed: 'Brahmin. Brahmanathee.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

25. Add Or 5733

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5733
Title:
Goldsmith and his wife
Scope & Content:
Goldsmith and his wife. Male wearing dhoti and holding a parasol and female in yellow sari holding a parasol. Female is wearing fine jewellery, including gold bracelets, necklaces, earrings and a nose ring. Inscribed: 'Congany. Conganichee.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

26. Add Or 5734

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5734
Title:
Portrait of a male and female. Male wearing dhoti and female in white sari.
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a male and female. Male wearing dhoti and female in white sari. Inscribed: 'Nyar. Nyarchee.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

27. Add Or 5735

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5735
Title:
Bishop and priest of the Syrian Church
Scope & Content:
Bishop and priest of the Syrian Church. The Bishop wears red, yellow and blue robes and carries a crozier; the priest wears a white dress with red head-cloth and carries a staff. Inscribed: 'Bavah. Catthanar.' These two figures are almost exact duplicates of two drawings in Mss Eur D152, facing...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

28. Add Or 5736

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5736
Title:
Rice cultivator and his wife
Scope & Content:
Rice cultivator wearing dhoti and holding a parasol; wife holds a palm leaf fan in her right hand. Inscribed: 'Mapplah. Mapplache.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

29. Add Or 5737

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5737
Title:
A Jew and his wife.
Scope & Content:
A Jew in a green coat, white trousers and skullcap holding a walking stick; wife dressed in white blouse and floor length red skirt holding a fan and blue handkerchief. Inscribed: 'Jew. Jewess.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

30. Add Or 5738

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5738
Title:
South Indian Jew and his wife.
Scope & Content:
South Indian Jew and his wife. Male, wearing a yellow coat with white dhoti and skullcap, holding a basket with live ducks in one hand and dead ducks in the other. Female is dressed in a white blouse with a floor-length blue skirt. Her head is covered in a red scarf. She holds a wicker basket in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

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