A dervish stands holding a large volume and a serpentine staff; green background with clouds at top. Attributed to Artist D, Mughal, c.1635. Gouache. 168 by 99 mm.
A mulla teaching three pupils, one of whom washes his feet
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A mulla is teaching three pupils beneath a tree. One of the pupils washes his feet instead of reading. Mughal, c.1635. Tinted drawing. 154 by 80 mm. Reproduced: Smith (1911), pl.cxxix; Binyon and Arnold (1921), pl.xxiii.
Advaita (Saivite) Brahmin holding a palm-leaf manuscript
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Advaita (Shaivite) Brahmin holding a palm-leaf manuscript; a house and well in the background. Inscribed: ‘Smartah Brahmin going to Prayers.’ 8.75 by 6.25 ins.
Portrait of a Sikh in orange turban and coat and pale yellow dress wearing a black shield on his back and kneeling on a terrace. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Native unknown’; on back ‘Native Drawing.’ Gouache; 6.75 by 5.25 ins.
A Sikh sardar, probably Raja Suchet Singh (1801-44), standing facing left and wearing a white dress and turban. He has a black shield on his back and a sword in a crimson scabbard at his side. By a Lahore or Amritsar artist, Punjab Plains, c.1837. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Costume and at...
Agricultural Newars carrying a hammock. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A Hill Hammock, or Dharry, carried by Jaffoo Newars.’ 210 by 308 mm. Note: See Oldfield, II, 148.
A Newar man and woman with their four children; two being carried in baskets. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A Family of agricultural Newars.’. 210 by 295 mm.
A group of Gurung men and women. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Group of Goorkhas of the Goorung Tribe.’ 294 by 375 mm. Note: See Oldfield, I, 172. Note: The drawing is based on an earlier one in the Lawrence collection (Add.Or.5229) which is inscribed as a group of Magar men and women.