Ginning cotton, Berar
Drawing
1872 (made)
1872 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Two seated women are shown ginning (cleaning) cotton. The one with her back to the viewer winds the handle of the machine.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ginning cotton, Berar (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and ink on paper |
| Brief description | cotton manufacture; Drawings, J L Kipling, Bombay |
| Physical description | Two seated women are shown ginning (cleaning) cotton. The one with her back to the viewer winds the handle of the machine. |
| Object history | This set os studies of Indian craftspeople was made by 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 became Principal. 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' |
| Subject depicted | |
| Other number | 19 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0930:18/(IS) |
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| Record created | July 30, 2003 |
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