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Chedi, a bheestie (water-carrier), India, 1909

Chedi, our bheestie (water-carrier) at Dehra [Dun] for many years, 1909

Oil on canvas by Gertrude Ellen Burrard (later Lady Gertrude) (1860-1928), 1909.

Gertrude Ellen Burrard accompanied her husband Sidney Burrard, an Indian Army Officer, around the Indian subcontinent during his time as Superintendent on the Trigonometrical Survey of India. As an amateur artist, she recorded the people and places that she encountered and exhibited her paintings for many years in India.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1951-11-10-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1951-11-10-1