Delhi: a washerman washing clothes. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
575942i
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Delhi: a washerman washing clothes. Watercolour by an Indian painter. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A washer man (dhobi wallah) performing one of the backbreaking occupations of non-industrialised societies, essential to hygiene

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[India], [between 1800 and 1899?]

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1 painting : watercolour, with fine brush ; image 14 x 11 cm

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Washerman, Delhi

Reference

Wellcome Collection 575942i

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