Madras : Published by John Gantz & Son, Popham's Broadway, 1827.
Physical Description:
[39] p., [20] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3319700
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The original watercolors for five illustrations in the present work (nos. 3, 9, 10, 12, and 13) are now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Department of Prints and Drawings, B1986.29 106-110).
Contents:
The Puckally -- The travellers -- The Pickottah -- The Masula boats -- The Hackerry --The Toddymen -- The catamarans -- The rice beaters -- The oil mill -- The Palankeen bearers -- The Cawry man -- Building and mending Masula boats -- The basket makers -- The musicians -- The corn grinders -- The butchers -- The black-smith -- The carpenters -- Bazars -- The water women.
Subject Terms:
India -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Pictorial works. | Clothing and dress -- India -- 19th century. | John Gantz & Son -- Publisher.