A barber attending to a man's hair. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1825.

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[1825?]
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591185i
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A barber attending to a man's hair. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1825. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Delhi], [1825?]

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1 painting : gouache painting, with pencil ; image 17.7 x 11.5 cm

Lettering

Hajjām barber Shūdar caste Lettering in English and Arabic below the image

Notes

One work in a series showing trades and occupations of India. Another set with the same composition was commissioned by Col. James Skinner in 1825 (British Library MS Persian add. 27,255)

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Wellcome Collection 591185i

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