Shoe-maker, boot-maker and messenger with their wives
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Shoe-maker, boot-maker and messenger with their wives. Inscribed: ‘‘Jootee Walla’ or Shoe Maker’;’ ‘Sumpan’ or Boot Maker’;’ ‘Tallanee’ or Messenger, Guide etc.’
A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder.. Artist(s): Kapur Singh (fl.1866)
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A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder. By Kapur Singh, an Amritsar artist. 15 October 1866. Inscribed by Augustus Honner on album page: ‘Kupoor Sing of Umritsar 15/10/66’; on mount: ‘A dak Runner or Postman - where there is no ‘mail cart’. The...
A toty, or village messenger, dressed in white and with a staff.
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A toty, or village messenger, dressed in white and with a staff. Inscribed below in pencil:’ Toty;’ and opposite in ink’: Toty or Viulivadi(?) He is the village headman’s henchman - knows all the ins and outs of each villager’s life and has many privileges and perquisites ...’ Note: Hobson-Job...
A Tappal or post runner, Palamcottah, 30 May 1862. Artist(s): Graham, Maxwell (fl. 1835-1864)
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A Tappal or post runner, of S. India, 30 May 1862. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Tappal runner. 30th May 1862. Palamcottah’; also note in pencil on back. Water-colour; 5.5 by 5 ins.
The Mahar, or village messenger, leaning on a bamboo staff. March 1872. Artist(s): Kipling, John Lockwood (1837-1911)
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The ‘Mahar,’ or village messenger, leaning on a bamboo staff. March 1872. Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘J.L.K. Khangaum March 1872’; on back in pencil:’ No 32. The 'Mahar'.’
