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VBI-0289

BHOTIA

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Details

Artist / Engraver
Not specified
Year
1872
Publisher / Printer
Not specified
Location
North-East
Subjects
Bhotia man and woman · Ethnographic portraiture · Dress and jewellery
Size
13.5 x 9.8

Description

A striking double portrait titled Bhotia, showing a man and woman in traditional Himalayan attire and ornaments. This original lithographic plate is from Dalton’s Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal, an important illustrated work on the peoples of the eastern Himalaya and surrounding regions.

Condition

Very Good