A Paria cook and wife. Gouache drawing.

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28482i
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The Parias are of low caste who work in Anglo-Indian households as cooks, butlers and scullions

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1 drawing : gouache, with indian ink

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Pariah / cook.

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Attributed to a painter from Tanjore (Thanjavur), ca. 1840

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Wellcome Collection 28482i

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