Elephant ascending rocky ground; an Indian gentleman with gun standing in the howdah
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Elephant ascending rocky ground; an Indian gentleman with gun standing in the howdah; an attendant seated behind him, a second attendant standing on the elephant’s hind-quarters.
Cultivators irrigating their fields with oxen drawing water from a well. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
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Cultivators irrigating their fields with oxen drawing water from a well. Water-colour; 190 by 228 mm. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London 1967-69, see M. Archer, ‘Indian miniatures and folk paintings’ (London, 1967), no.53.
Woman toddy-seller serving two customers. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
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Woman toddy-seller in a blue sari serving two customers dressed in white seated on a straw mat. Water-colour; 197 by 241 mm. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1967-69, see M. Archer ‘ibid,’ no.51.
Water-carrier (bhisti) with his bullock and water-skins. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
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Water-carrier (‘bihisti’) with his bullock and water-skins; the Ganges in the background. Water-colour; 222 by 190 mm. Note: Reproduced Mildred and W.G. Archer, ‘Indian Painting for the British’ (Oxford, 1955), pl.12, fig.26; Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1967-69, see M. Archer, ‘ibid’, no...
Green bee-eater on a leafy branch. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
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Green bee-eater on a leafy branch.. By Bani Lal (c.1850-1901), a Patna artist, c.1880. Water-colour; border of brown rules; 254 by 178 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Purchased by W G Archer at Patna in 1946 from Bani Lal’s son, Shyam Bihari Lal.