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.’
A corpulent stone image half buried in the ground with sticks behind it, and two standing priests
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A corpulent stone image half buried in the ground with sticks behind it, and two standing priests. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘A Siamese Image to which those suffering from lumbago at Ligor apply for relief, by placing little pieces of sticks behind it.’ Note: Ligor in southern Thailand on the...
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.
Vignettes of Delhi inhabitants. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Thompson, David (fl. 1840s)
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Vignettes of Delhi inhabitants. Pencil. By David Thompson. Inscribed: ‘From the Pencil of my Talented young friend David Thompson, entirely self taught, only surviving son of our very worthy missionary the Rev. J.T. Thompson, who like myself has been a sojourner in Delhy for more than a scor...