Crippled beggar and wife. The beggar, his leg amputated at the knee, pours rice from a gourd into a dish held by his wife. Inscribed on back: ‘No.27. Beggars.’ Note: This picture, as already noted, closely resembles plate 39 in Charles Gold, ‘Oriental Drawings’ (London, 1806). There are a nu...
Milkman and wife. The woman is churning butter, a customer and two children seated in front of her. Below, her husband is milking a cow with the calf tied to it. Inscribed on back: ‘No.17. Making Butter.’
Liquor merchant seated in his shop pouring drink into bowls.
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Liquor vendor in his shop pouring drink into bowls. Four customers (three men and one woman) stand or sit around. Inscribed on back: ‘No.2’. ‘A Arrack Shop.’
Butcher seated cutting up goat's meat, with his wife seated beside him brushing away flies with a feather.. Artist(s): Tuni Lal (fl. c.1840-1850), attributed to
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Butcher seated cutting up goat’s meat, his wife seated beside him brushing away flies with a feather. Water-colour; 9 by 7.5 ins.
A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder.. Artist(s): Kapur Singh (fl.1866)
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A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder. By Kapur Singh, an Amritsar artist. 15 October 1866. Inscribed by Augustus Honner on album page: ‘Kupoor Sing of Umritsar 15/10/66’; on mount: ‘A dak Runner or Postman - where there is no ‘mail cart’. The...
A Kashmiri woman carrying a small bag. By an Amritsar artist, 1866. Inscribed on original album page: ‘Cashmere Woman.’ Water-colour; 6.25 by 4.25 ins, with mount 8.5 by 6.5 ins. Purple mount with red and blue rules.