Lot Essay
A Touloowah Jetty is a man of the warrior caste, who is depicted carrying his sword or tulwar. An oil manger is an oil seller and a Salthanee is a Vaishnava ascetic. Gentoo is another word for a hindu.
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A palanquin bearer and his wife (illustrated); A Tooloowah Jetty and his wife (illustrated); A figure carrying a vessel containing oil, with his wife; and A Salthanee and his wife
Details
Tanjore School, circa 1830
A palanquin bearer and his wife (illustrated); A Tooloowah Jetty and his wife (illustrated); A figure carrying a vessel containing oil, with his wife; and A Salthanee and his wife
with inscriptions in English and Tamil 'Genttoo Palanquin bearer', 'Tooloowah Jetty', 'Oil manger' and 'Sathanee' (lower centre in the margin, overmounted)
pencil, pen and grey ink, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold, within the artists black-line border, unframed
18 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. (46.3 x 33.3 cm.) (4)
A palanquin bearer and his wife (illustrated); A Tooloowah Jetty and his wife (illustrated); A figure carrying a vessel containing oil, with his wife; and A Salthanee and his wife
with inscriptions in English and Tamil 'Genttoo Palanquin bearer', 'Tooloowah Jetty', 'Oil manger' and 'Sathanee' (lower centre in the margin, overmounted)
pencil, pen and grey ink, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold, within the artists black-line border, unframed
18 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. (46.3 x 33.3 cm.) (4)
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