A group of Lieut. -Colonel W.R. Gilbert's servants on the veranda of a bungalow.
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A group of Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert’s servants on the verandah of a bungalow. The ayahs and a child are seated on the floor, another ayah carries a plate of bread-and-butter, a ‘khidmatgar’ pours tea at a table from a silver teapot, while an ‘abdar’ pours water into a glass carried on a tray...
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 sweeper (mehtar) and water-carrier (bihishti) cleaning a drain or water-channel in a garden. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
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A sweeper ‘(mehtar)’ and water-carrier ‘(bihishti)’ cleaning a drain or water-channel in a garden. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1830-35. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Bhisty’;’ Mayter’; in Persian characters: ‘bihishti’; ‘mihtar’;’ Shaikh Muhammad Amir musauwir....