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611. Add Or 4005

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4005
Title:
Washerman (dhobi) and his wife. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
Washerman (‘dhobi’) and his wife. The man is beating a cloth on a board by the river; his wife sits on the bank, a clothes line behind her, a pot of water boiling on fire beside her. Water-colour; 190 by 222 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

612. Add Or 4006

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4006
Title:
Milkman (gwala) milking a cow. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
Milkman (‘gwala’) milking a cow. Water-colour; 190 by 222 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

613. Add Or 4007

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4007
Title:
Milkman's wife (gwalin) side view carrying a basket of cow-dung cakes on her head. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
Milkman’s wife (‘gwalin’) side view carrying a basket of cow-dung cakes on her head. Water-colour; 241 by 197.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

614. Add Or 4008

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4008
Title:
Milkman's wife (gwalin), full face, carrying a basket of cowdung cakes on her head. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
Milkman’s wife (‘gwalin’), full face, carrying a basket of cowdung cakes on her head. Water-colour; 241 by 197.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

615. Add Or 4009

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4009
Title:
Woman sweetmeat seller weighing sweets for a customer. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
Woman sweetmeat seller in a red sari weighing sweets for a customer who stands in front of her stall. Behind her a cupboard. Water-colour; 222 by 184 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

616. Add Or 4010

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4010
Title:
Cultivators irrigating their fields with oxen drawing water from a well. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

617. Add Or 4011

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4011
Title:
Woman toddy-seller serving two customers. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

618. Add Or 4012

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4012
Title:
Water-carrier (bhisti) with his bullock and water-skins. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

619. Add Or 4013

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4013
Title:
A Vaisnavite pilgrim couple. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
A Vaishnavite pilgrim couple - the woman carrying a bundle on her head and a red pot in her hand, the man a hank of rope and a staff with a yellow flowered cloth draped on it. Water-colour; 210 by 159 mm. Note: Purchased from Mata Prasad, Benares, 1942.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

620. Add Or 4014

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4014
Title:
Gorakia Fakirs. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
Gorakia Fakirs: one holding aloft a brazier, a second holding a ‘gorakhdanda’ (iron instrument with rings). Water-colour; 178 by 165 mm. Note: The composition of this picture has remained identical since Sewak Ram’s painting of c.1810.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item