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Vol. II

Indian practitioners of crafts, trades and professions. Gouache paintings, 18--.

1 painting : gouache ; image and border 36.6 x 26 cm

Toddy tappers at work: two men and a woman by a palm tree. Gouache drawing, 18--.

Two men perhaps milling foodstuffs in a vat with a millwheel driven by two oxen. Gouache drawing, 18--.

A Muslim priest and a woman, with mosques and minarets in the background. Gouache drawing, 18--.

A man dancing while playing a string instrument and castanets, with a standing woman. Gouache drawing, 18--.

A fish market in India. Gouache drawing, 18--.

A man ploughing with oxen; in the background, women tending the paddy fields. Gouache drawing, 18--.

A Muslim man holding a bird in a cage with a women holding a pipe. Gouache, 18--.

A country barber shaving a man; a woman stands on the left. Gouache, 18--.

A cowherd (?), carrying a jar on his head; with a woman carrying milk (?). Gouache, 18--.

Girl acrobats forming the shape of an elephant at the circus of Srīrangam. Gouache, 18--.

Girl acrobats forming the shape of a horse at the circus of Srīrangam. Gouache, 18--.

A Muslim man smoking a hookah under a canopy, with a woman on the left. Gouache, 18--.

A Maratha man, richly dressed, seated under a canopy enjoying the scent of a white rose, with a woman on the left holding a brightly plumed bird. Gouache, 18--.

A sepoy in the service of the East India Company, with a woman (courtesan?) on the right. Gouache, 18--.

A banker seated in the courtyard of a house, with a woman standing on the left. Gouache, 18--.

A man holding a peacock feather and a gold fan, with a woman holding a spear. Gouache, 18--.

A man weighing sweet meats to sell to women in a bazaar. Gouache, 18--.

A Vaishnavite or bairagi ascetic. Gouache, 18--.

A pandaram or Malabar ascetic. Gouache, 18--.

A sepoy and his wife. Gouache drawing, 18--.

A sepoy and his wife. Gouache drawing, 18--.

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