Add.Or.32-38 7 paintings depicting trades and castes of South India. By a Tanjore artist, c.1805. Inscribed on front in Tamil and also in English by a ...
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Add.Or.32-38 7 paintings depicting trades and castes of South India. By a Tanjore artist, c.1805. Inscribed on front in Tamil and also in English by an Indian. Gouache; 18 by 12.5 ins. Purchased 10 November 1954. Note: Similar in style to Add.Or.680-706.
Maratha tailor and wife; the man holds a measure and his wife a pair of scissors. Inscribed in English: ‘Maratah Taylor’; in Tamil: ‘maratiya tayyalkaran.’