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Six scenes of cultivation and irrigation

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Date

ca. 1830

Artist

Unknown Artist (Company School)

Collective Title

A volume of thirty folios depicting castes, occupations, methods of cultivation and procession scenes.

Collection

Victoria & Albert Museum

Image Link

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O428283

Description

1. Seven women transplanting paddy; a man standing by holding a bunch of seedlings.
2. Three men winnowing.
3. Two men threshing with eight bullocks.
4. Two men ploughing, one with bullocks and the other with buffalo.
5. Three men drawing water from a tank.
6. A man with a pair of bullocks drawing water for irrigation.
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Descriptive Medium

Watercolour and gouache on paper

Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

©Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Location

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Country

Medium

Tags

Agriculture
Historical Figures
People

Category

People & Society

Glossary
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