Add.Or.1964-1966 3 drawings depicting Indian scenes. By a Lucknow artist, c.1800. Purchased 14 July 1962. Note: These drawings were originally part of ...
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Add.Or.1964-1966 3 drawings depicting Indian scenes. By a Lucknow artist, c.1800. Purchased 14 July 1962. Note: These drawings were originally part of a larger set depicting festivals and scenes. They are similar in style to Add.Or.344-347.
Woman bathing. A lady of rank is seated on steps leading to a river; her hair is being dried by an old lady.
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Woman bathing. A lady of rank is seated on steps leading down to a river; her hair is being dried by an old lady, and two other maid-servants stand behind. Another lady is coming out of the water. In the distance elephants and guards are waiting. Water-colour; 12.75 by 8.25 ins.
The Holi festival. A man, garlanded and crowned with shoes, is being carried on a reversed charpoy by a dancing and singing crowd, accompanied by drums. A broom, in place of a peacock-feather fan, is waved behind him. Some of the crowd wield swords, a man in the foreground gathers dust to thr...
