Pathan and wife; the man holds a cloth and the hilt of his sword, the woman holds betel leaves. Inscribed’: The Pathan tribe.or 4th sect of the Mussulmans.’
Mughal and wife; the man holds a rose and the wife betel leaves. Inscribed: ‘The Mogul Musselmans, the above description of persons are generally Moonshees or instructors of the oriental languages.’
Add.Or.1660-1745 86 drawings bound into a volume depicting trades and occupations in Kashmir. Craftsmen are shown at work with their implements and e ...
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Add.Or.1660-1745 86 drawings bound into a volume depicting trades and occupations in Kashmir. Craftsmen are shown at work with their implements and equipment. By a Kashmir artist, probably at Srinagar, c.1850-60. Inscribed on label on cover: ‘Book contains illustrations of the various trader...
Boatmen. (a) Boat with domed canopy and seated figure of a European (‘an important gentleman reading a newspaper’), his dog beside him; (b) Boat with flat canopy and an Indian figure, ‘the ‘wakil’ who is the factotum of the Commissioner Sahib’