‘Hill women’ 1965. Signed and dated: ‘25 April ‘65. Avinash 65.’ Tinted line drawing on card; 372 by 530 mm. Gift to W.G. Archer from the artist, 1965.
Burmese woman smoking a large cheroot. Artist(s): Lar Ban, Maung (fl.1930s)
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Burmese woman smoking a large cheroot, c.1936. Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘Mg. Lar Ban;’ on back in pencil: ‘Old Woman with cheroot. This is a queer looking picture, the feet are wrong I think.’ 228 by 152 mm.
Burmese girl with flowers in her hair. Artist(s): Lar Ban, Maung (fl.1930s)
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Burmese girl with flowers in her hair, head and shoulders, c.1936. Inscribed in front in pencil: ‘Burmese beauty;’ in water-colour; ‘Mg. Lar Ban.’ Size?.
Woman sitting spinning. Artist(s): Sona Kumari (fl.1850-60)
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Woman in blue sari with red shawl sitting spinning. Orange and yellow border with black rules. By Sona Kumari, a Patna artist, c.1850-1860. Water-colour; 228 by 178 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Purchased by Mildred and W.G. Archer at Patna in 19...
An Indian woman, perhaps a singer, standing in an archway on a patterned floor.
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An Indian woman, perhaps a singer, standing in an archway on a patterned floor. By a Lucknow artist, c.1780. Inscribed on back: ‘A woman of rank in the Dress of the Country.’ Gouache; black border; 254 by 165 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: From th...
A woman holding a flower. Purchased September 1979. Gouache with gold; border of pink paper with black ink rules. 290 by 166 mm; with border 355 by 233 mm. A lady is standing holding a flower-sprig in her left hand; she wears a yellow ‘choli’ beneath a transparent pink-tinted sari with gold ...
A Hindu woman. Purchased September 1979. Inscribed on cover-paper: ‘A Gentoo Woman’; numbered in a different hand: ‘( 12)’; cover-paper of Dutch manufacture watermarked ‘J Honig & Zoonen.’ Gouache with gold; cyclamen pink border with black ink rules. 278 by 166 mm; with border 345 by 228...