A Fakir man and wife of south India. Gouache painting.

Date:
[1815?]
Reference:
728668i
Part of:
Indian practitioners of trades, crafts, and professions. Gouache paintings, 18--.
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Description

Both are richly dressed. he carries a cage and a candlestick (?), she a fan and a rosary

Publication/Creation

[1815?]

Physical description

1 painting : gouache, with indian ink and gold ; image approximately 21.2 x 25 cm

Lettering

Fakier cast. Religion mendicant. Worshippers of Mahomet. Travel about. They marry. Language Arabic and Hindustanee: reside chiefly among their own sect on the Malabar coast and other places. Women left always at home.

Creator/production credits

Attributed to a painter from Tanjore (Thanjavur)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 728668i

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