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Subject Washermen Level [40] File

31. Add Or 5340, f.11

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5340, f.11
Title:
A dhobi with his bullock and bundles of laundry. From an album of Dhurandhar's water-colours.. Artist(s): Dhurandhar, Mahadev Visvanath (1867-1944)
Scope & Content:
A ‘dhobi’ with his bullock and bundles of laundry. Inscribed below: ‘Our launderer.’ Note: It is interesting to see the high-caste Dhurandhar take exactly the same attitutude to the lower Indian castes as British artists such as George Atkinson earlier in the century.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1899
Extent:
1 Item

32. Add Or 5561

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5561
Title:
A washerman beating clothes on a stone.
Scope & Content:
A washerman beating clothes on a stone. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Blangisseur.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

33. Photo 29(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(36)
Title:
Dhobee's House and tank. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1733 in the negative. From Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photograped in the Calcutta area. View looking across the village tank towards a group of washermen and women, with a substantial mud and thatch hut beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

34. WD1744

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1744
Title:
The Dhobi, or washerman, beating clothes on a stone. March 1872. Artist(s): Kipling, John Lockwood (1837-1911)
Scope & Content:
The’ Dhobi,’ or washerman, beating clothes on a stone. March 1872. Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘J.L.K. Khangaum March 1872;’ on back in pencil: ‘No 26. The 'Dhobi'.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 Item