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'A Nair', India, 1835 (c)

Gouache on mica by a Company artist, 1835 (c).

The Nair is a Hindu caste centred on Kerala in southern India.

Local rulers, soldiers, domestic servants, tradesmen and their wives were standard subjects in sets of mica paintings showing the different occupations of India.

From a booklet of paintings of Indian military and civilian subjects.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1963-09-125--7

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1963-09-125--7