AlbumsPersian19th century

Folio 15 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: tailor and man with washboard (recto); Blank page (verso)

19th century

Classification

Albums

Medium

Left: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Culture

Persian

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm Recto: sheet at left: 15.2 x 10.3 cm; sheet at right: 15.2 x 11 cm

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