A lady consults a devotee about her fortune in the top half of the painting while different beasts of burdens are being paraded in the bottom half. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
576619i
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A lady consults a devotee about her fortune in the top half of the painting while different beasts of burdens are being paraded in the bottom half. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Images are painted, cut and pasted on the mount. Also has some images on the attitudes and occupation of the zanana on the reverse.

Publication/Creation

[India], [between 1800 and 1899?]

Physical description

1 painting : gouache painting with, pen and ink ; image 27.5 x 23.3 cm

Lettering

A devotee being consulted by a lady regarding her fortune ; royal beasts of burden being paraded Lettering in English and Arabic

Reference

Wellcome Collection 576619i

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