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The Dusah

Drawing
March 1872 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A man with a voluminous turban driving a plough drawn by a pair of bullocks, and behind him two other men with seed-drills.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Dusah (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
pencil, ink, paper, wash
Brief description
cotton manufacture; Drawings, J L Kipling, Bombay
Physical description
A man with a voluminous turban driving a plough drawn by a pair of bullocks, and behind him two other men with seed-drills.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.6cm
  • Width: 25.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • J.L.K. KHANGAUM. MARCH 1872. (English; Roman; Recto)
  • "The Dusah" (English; Roman; Verso)
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [ Room 8. On The Wall.] '0930. NINE FRAMES, glazed, each containing two sketches, by J. L. Kipling, of the School of Art, Bombay. Illustrations of cotton culture. 3 to 9, 9a, 10 to 19'
Bibliographic reference
Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan; John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017 fig. 9.18, p. 220
Other number
3 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
0930:1/(IS)

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Record createdJuly 3, 2003
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