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791. Add Or 3933

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Add Or 3933
Title:
A butterfly
Scope & Content:
A butterfly with blackish-blue, yellow and white wings spotted with black. By a Trichinopoly artist, c.1830-40. Water-colour: 240 by 196 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: From a large album of drawings depicting butterflies. From the late eighteenth ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
1 Item

792. Add Or 3934

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3934
Title:
Brahmin and wife
Scope & Content:
Brahmin and wife. Inscribed in Malayalam: ‘namputini;’ in English: ‘Namboodry.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

793. Add Or 3934-3936

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3934-3936
Title:
Add.Or.3934-3936 3 drawings depicting castes and occupations of the Malabar Coast. By a Malabar Coast artist, c.1820. Inscribed on front in Malayalam ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3934-3936 3 drawings depicting castes and occupations of the Malabar Coast. By a Malabar Coast artist, c.1820. Inscribed on front in Malayalam and English. Water-colour: 190 by 228 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: From a set with an 1816 wat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1819-1821
Extent:
3 items

794. Add Or 3935

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3935
Title:
Labourer and wife
Scope & Content:
Labourer and wife; the man is digging with a mattock, his wife is carrying earth in a basket. Inscribed in Malayalam: ‘ottar;’ in English: ‘Otteru.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

795. Add Or 3936

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3936
Title:
Toddy-tapper and wife
Scope & Content:
Toddy-tapper and wife; the man is climbing a palm tree; his wife is carrying the juice away. Inscribed in Malayalam: ‘tiyan;’ in English: ‘Sien.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

796. Add Or 3937

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3937
Title:
A Malabar Brahmin (Namputiri) and his wife
Scope & Content:
A Malabar Brahmin (Namputiri) and his wife. Both wear white cloths and carry palm-leaf parasols. The man also carries a palm-leaf fan. Inscribed: ‘Namburee’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

797. Add Or 3937-3941

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3937-3941
Title:
Add.Or.3937-3941 5 drawings depicting castes and occupations of the Malabar Coast. By a Malabar Coast artist, c.1850. Inscribed on front with titles i ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3937-3941 5 drawings depicting castes and occupations of the Malabar Coast. By a Malabar Coast artist, c.1850. Inscribed on front with titles in English. Water-colour; black rule border; 190 by 228 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: From the s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1849-1851
Extent:
5 items

798. Add Or 3938

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3938
Title:
A Naya householder (Manavan) and his wife
Scope & Content:
A Naya householder (Manavan) and his wife. Both wear white cloths and the man carries a palm-leaf parasol. Inscribed: ‘Manaven.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

799. Add Or 3939

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3939
Title:
A Hillman and his wife
Scope & Content:
A Hillman and his wife. Both are dressed in leaf skirts. The woman leans on a staff and the man carries a large bow and arrows. Inscribed: ‘Malah Vaden’ (Mountain-dweller). Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1967-69, see M. Archer, ‘Indian miniatures and folk paintings’ (London, 1967), n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

800. Add Or 3940

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3940
Title:
Brahmins from North and South Kanara districts
Scope & Content:
Brahmins from North and South Kanara districts. Both carry palm-leaf umbrellas. The woman wears a spotted yellow sari: the man wears a white cloth and spotted mauve waist-band. Over his arm is a green bag and round his neck a crimson scarf with keys attached at either end. He wears a white t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item