Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still
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Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Bengal Distillery of spirituous liquors. Distillery of Spirituous Liquors in Bengal.’
Liquor shop with customers in various stages of drunkenness
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Liquor shop with customers in various stages of drunkenness. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Bengal Spirituous liquor Shop - people Drunk. Shop for Sale of Spirituous Liquors some of the Customers Drunk, threaten with Shoes: and others in various stages of Intoxication.’. 310 by 458 mm; 252 by 40...
Cook in his kitchen with oven and spit. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s) studio of
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Cook in his kitchen with oven and spit. He is stirring a saucepan and holding a bamboo punkah. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Cook’; and numbered: ‘18.’ 256 by 206 mm. within a black rule. Note: The same subject as Add.Or.187, except that here the background is unpainted.
Fish seller, sweetmeat maker and sweetmeat seller. Artist(s): Shiva Dayal Lal (c.1820-c.1880)
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Fish seller, sweetmeat maker and sweetmeat seller. Probably by Siva Dayal Lal (c.1820-c.1880, a Patna painter, c.1880. Gouache: 210 by 334 mm, with mount 266 by 40 mm). From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: This painting was part of a group purchased in Patna...