Three men using a grain pounder (‘dhenki’). By a Murshidabad artist, c.1780-90. Inscribed on back: ‘Lucknow School late C18th.’ Gouache: red border and black rules; 146 by 248 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1970-2, ...
Cultivators irrigating their fields with oxen drawing water from a well. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
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Cultivators irrigating their fields with oxen drawing water from a well. Water-colour; 190 by 228 mm. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London 1967-69, see M. Archer, ‘Indian miniatures and folk paintings’ (London, 1967), no.53.