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सूत कातना, कतली, चरखा कातना, बुनकर Weavers combing a warp & women reeling & spinning. from Boileau Album, painting by artists from Thanjavur (Tanjore) living in Madras dated 1785 @V_and_A
India has illustrious art & craft of textile fabric making, dyeing. Even cloth exported
Vaishya वैश्य महाजन सेठ shresthi श्रेष्ठी may be the word Chetti -Chetty or Chettiar is same, traders
but here man holding banana & his wife depicted
painter from Tanjore (Thanjavur), ca. 1840 @ExploreWellcome
word also used for agriculturist cattle breeder? or land owners?
company painting documented what aliens to India saw & amazed with?
different castes including snake charmer, brick-layer, basket-maker, potter & wives depicted here
could be from Tanjore or Thanjavur? sari from Tamil Nadu?
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Basket weaver & his wife? she is carrying child tied to her back. Usual & common technic in our villages where women work all day in fields & outside home
painting from Tanjore (Thanjavur) ca. 1840 via @ExploreWellcome
company painting on caste costume of India
Title: Three-headed, red-complexioned Agni, riding a caparisoned ram
Date: 1830
Place: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Style: Company School
Medium: Opaque watercolour on paper
Source: The British Museum
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from Boileau Album 1785 painting done at Madras, show fisherman taking out fish from Net & wife carrying fish in basket over her head @V_and_A wrongly captioned it as warrior? as detailed artist could be from Thanjavur (Tanjore)
net visible to catch fish swimming with stream
Saint Tyagaraja Singing Hymns in Praise of Lord Rama
1952–55 Painting by Y. G. Srimati @metmuseum
Born in 1767 Telugu family at Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, he chose to remain in his village all his life, despite invitations to be celebrated at Maratha court at Thanjavur
3 couples; soldier, bird-catcher & hunter
Painting from Tanjore or Thanjavur, ca. 1830 @V_and_A
watercolour
#occupations professions
beautifull couple
Maratha man, richly dressed, seated under canopy enjoying scent of white rose, woman holding brightly plumed bird? his wife?
painting from Tanjore (Thanjavur), 19th Century @ExploreWellcome site says european style house?
i differ such खपरैल used previously too
wife giving betel leaf to husband, man & woman
painting from Tanjore (Thanjavur), ca. 1840 @ExploreWellcome
here too symbols or religious couple evident,
be whatever your profession, one must do duty-Karma with swamaryada & offering karma at feet of lord
its our Indian tradition
Nautch party, Thanjavur, India, ca. 1830, Watercolour and gouache on paper, V&A Collection.
Tanjore Style Mughal Visions of Shah Jahan & Mumtaz Mahal
#TanjoreArt #MughalMiniaturePainting #ArtnIndia #Thanjavur #Handmade
Opaque watercolour painting of Sun god Sūrya - the oval frame may suggest the solar orb; Thanjavur, India, c.1830 https://t.co/IkkSNX3aQk