Gilt thread-making
Drawing
1870 (made)
1870 (made)
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A turbaned, barefoot man is seated on the floor, spinning gold thread on to a spindle from an unseen mechanism above him.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, from a series of drawings of craftspeople of northwest India, pencil, pen and wash on paper, John Lockwood Kipling, 1870 |
| Physical description | A turbaned, barefoot man is seated on the floor, spinning gold thread on to a spindle from an unseen mechanism above him. |
| Object history | This set of studies of Indian craftspeople was made by John Lockwood Kipling, father of the author Rudyard Kipling, while he was employed at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art in Bombay, of which he later became Principal. Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [ Room 8. On The Wall.] '0929. TWENTY-EIGHT FRAMES, glazed, each containing two sketches, by J. L. Kipling, of the School of Art, Bombay, illustrating the craftsmen of North-western India. 1 to 56' |
| Other number | 18 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 0929:18/(IS) |
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| Record created | July 29, 2003 |
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