A smuggler shown at different stages and points of his chosen profession. Coloured etching (?).

Hindu basket maker and wife. Gouache drawing.

An Indian man selling alcohol to a couple. Gouache drawing.

Indian weaver at his loom. Gouache drawing.

Indian silk weaver and spinner with wife. Gouache drawing.

Indian weavers. Gouache drawing.

Indian barber and wife. Gouache drawing.

A market vendor selling rice from his store. Gouache painting.

Indian cobbler and wife. Gouache drawing.

Indian tailor and wife. Gouache drawing.

Indian agriculture: drawing water for crops. Gouache drawing.

Wellcome Trust career trackers / The Wellcome Trust.

17 paintings : watercolour + album (17 folios 29.4 x 43.5 cm approximately)

Trades and occupations in India. Watercolours, 18--.

Head hand heart : the struggle for dignity and status in the 21st century / David Goodhart.

Collier and wife. Gouache drawing.

Wellcome Trust clinical science career tracker : results of Wave 1 (2011) / The Wellcome Trust.

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Wellcome Trust career trackers / The Wellcome Trust.

Trades and occupations in India. Watercolours, 18--.

Head hand heart : the struggle for dignity and status in the 21st century / David Goodhart.

Collier and wife. Gouache drawing.

Wellcome Trust clinical science career tracker : results of Wave 1 (2011) / The Wellcome Trust.

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Wellcome Trust career trackers / The Wellcome Trust.

Trades and occupations in India. Watercolours, 18--.

Head hand heart : the struggle for dignity and status in the 21st century / David Goodhart.

Collier and wife. Gouache drawing.

Wellcome Trust clinical science career tracker : results of Wave 1 (2011) / The Wellcome Trust.

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