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A Sikh Akalan. Watercolour drawing.
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Previous title, replaced July 2020: Page 19: two portraits of women in their regional costumes. Watercolour drawing.
Physical description
1 drawing : gouache, with indian and oxidised gold
Notes
The woman is an Akalan, or Nihangani (female Akali or Nihang) - a Sikh warrior.
Page 19 in an album of Company drawings ranging in subject-matter from social scenes, trades, religious scenes and deities, gardens, sports and portraits. All drawn in watercolour, some with pencil and oxidised gold, some similar to the Kalighat style
Title devised by cataloguer.
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Wellcome Library no. 27033i
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- English
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