‘An Assamese Village woman in Holiday dress. Illustrative of the manner in which the Mecklah or Petticoat, and colored Reeahs or Scarfs, are worn - and the usual Chudder or Veil over the head with a Jhappie or Umbrella Hat for protection from the sun’. Water-colour; 26.5 by 18.7 cm.
An Assamese Villager. Illustrative of the manner in which the Dhotie is worn round the loins
Scope & Content:
‘An Assamese Villager. Illustrative of the manner in which the Dhotie is worn round the loins - the Ghomcha or handkerchief and Turban - the panie Jhappie is held in the left hand’. Water-colour; 26.5 by 18.3 cm.
An Assamese village Girl. Illustrative of the manner in which the Mecklah or Petticoat, and Reeah or Scarf, are worn.
Scope & Content:
‘An Assamese village Girl. Illustrative of the manner in which the Mecklah or Petticoat, and Reeah or Scarf, are worn, when employed in daily avocations’. Water-colour; 26.5 by 19 cm.
Buchanan-Hamilton Drawings Volume I: Costumes of Bihar
Scope & Content:
42 drawings depicting the dress worn by Hindu and Muslim men and women of various classes and castes in both the hot and cold seasons (folios 1-50), plus four drawings depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical insturments and pottery (folios 51-57). Costume drawings by a Patna artist, c1814; et...
Account of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, containing a map and 14 drawings of views chiefly in Penang, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1 and 3 by Frans Balthazar Solvyns. The rest are copies of others' sketches perhaps by Solvyns.. Artist(s): Solvyns, F
Scope & Content:
A map and 14 drawings of views chiefly in Penang, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, from an ‘Account of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,’ compiled by Captain Alexander Kyd (1754-1826), c.1792. He was the nephew of Robert Kyd (1746-93), founder of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens at Sibpur. Alexander in...