File:Seventy-two Specimens of Castes in India (18).jpg

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Original file ‎(1,536 × 1,150 pixels, file size: 211 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

A page from the manuscript Seventy-two Specimens of Castes in India, which consists of 72 full-color hand-painted images of men and women of the various castes and religious and ethnic groups found in Madura, India at that time. Each drawing was made on mica, a transparent, flaky mineral which splits into thin, transparent sheets. As indicated on the presentation page, the album was compiled by the Indian writing master at an English school established by American missionaries in Madura, and given to the Reverend William Twining.

The manuscript shows Indian dress and jewelry adornment in the Madura region as they appeared before the onset of Western influences on South Asian dress and style. Each illustrated portrait is captioned in English and in Tamil, and the title page of the work includes English, Tamil, and Telugu.

Licensing

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current12:00, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 12:00, 4 January 20171,536 × 1,150 (211 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>A page from the manuscript <i>Seventy-two Specimens of Castes in India</i>, which consists of 72 full-color hand-painted images of men and women of the various castes and religious and ethnic groups found in Madura, India at that time. Each drawing was made on mica, a transparent, flaky mineral which splits into thin, transparent sheets. As indicated on the presentation page, the album was compiled by the Indian writing master at an English school established by American missionaries in Madura, and given to the Reverend William Twining. </p> <p>The manuscript shows Indian dress and jewelry adornment in the Madura region as they appeared before the onset of Western influences on South Asian dress and style. Each illustrated portrait is captioned in English and in Tamil, and the title page of the work includes English, Tamil, and Telugu. </p>
  • You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page links to this file:

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=File:Seventy-two_Specimens_of_Castes_in_India_(18).jpg&oldid=723419467"