Row of men above and women below. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Siamese Petty Officers & other men. Siamese Women all of whom wear their lower garment in the same style as the Men.’
Women husking rice with a foot operated mortar and combing cotton onto a spindle.
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‘Women husking rice with a foot operated mortar and combing cotton onto a spindle.’ ‘Inscribed below in pencil:’ Siamese Women cleaning paddy. Siamese Woman cleaning cotton.
Siva as Nataraja with Parvati and Narada and Nandikesvara playing instruments.
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Siva as Nataraja with Parvati and Narada and Nandikesvara playing instruments. Inscribed below: ‘The God Paramaswera or Sababady danced(?) on an occasion after the Goddess Sevacaumy Woman and bring heamaharise(?)…’ Note: no. 2 in the V & A album.
Siva seated on Kailasa listening to the music of Narada and Tumburu.
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Siva seated on Kailasa listening to the music of Narada and Tumburu. Inscribed below: ‘Paroomasouarah on the silver hill called Khylasaparoovoodum hearing music from Nurda and Tombaroo. 27.’
A Hindu ascetic known as 'Mr. Flowery Man', with an attendant holding a sunshade. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
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A Hindu ascetic known as ‘Mr. Flowery Man’, with an attendant holding a sunshade. Inscribed: ‘naqsh-i faqir’….? Note: The earliest version of this drawings is among the paintings of the Fraser Albums (Falk and Archer 1989, no. 97), with a cover page identifying him as ‘Surdhaj, a Brahmin of ...
A Sikh Nanakpanthi ascetic. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
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‘A Sikh ascetic.’ 17 by 12.5 cm. Inscribed (in Persian): ‘faqir.’ ‘Inscribed above:’ A Nanuck Punthee or follower of the Seick Devotee Nanuck, a Religious Mendicant.