A Malabar Brahmin (Namputiri) and his wife. Both wear white cloths and carry palm-leaf parasols. The man also carries a palm-leaf fan. Inscribed: ‘Namburee’.
A Hillman and his wife. Both are dressed in leaf skirts. The woman leans on a staff and the man carries a large bow and arrows. Inscribed: ‘Malah Vaden’ (Mountain-dweller). Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1967-69, see M. Archer, ‘Indian miniatures and folk paintings’ (London, 1967), n...
Brahmins from North and South Kanara districts. Both carry palm-leaf umbrellas. The woman wears a spotted yellow sari: the man wears a white cloth and spotted mauve waist-band. Over his arm is a green bag and round his neck a crimson scarf with keys attached at either end. He wears a white t...
A Brahman and his wife. The woman wears a nine-yard sari with a white border and carries a brass ‘lota’ and a crimson bundle. Her husband wears a white cloth with a crimson scarf round his neck and carries a blue bag on his shoulder. He holds a palm-leaf manuscript in his left hand and a palm...
Gorakia Fakirs: one holding aloft a brazier, a second holding a gorakdhanda (iron instrument with rings). Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), attributed to
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Gorakia Fakirs: one holding aloft a brazier, a second holding a ‘gorakdhanda’ (iron instrument with rings). Water-colour: 248 by 198 mm.
A woman with a child kneeling at the feet of an 'Ordbhawn' (urdhvabahu) ascetic. After Charles D'Oyly.. Artist(s): Shiva Lal (c.1820-80)
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A woman with a child kneeling at the feet of an ‘Ordbhawn’ (‘urdhvabahu’) ascetic with upraised arm. In the background a temple and river. Water-colour; 190 by 171 mm. Note: This picture is a copy of plate 10 in Sir Charles D’Oyly, ‘Costume of India’ (Patna, 1830). Siva Lal knew several Eur...
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.