Kutch School, circa 1840-50

The Processing of Sugar Cane

细节
Kutch School, circa 1840-50
The Processing of Sugar Cane
inscribed 'Sugar Cane Pressing' and with the embossed mark of De La Rue & Co, London
pencil and watercolour
8¾ x 14in. (22.2 x 35.8cm.)

拍品专文

Company painting never developed on a large scale in Western India. Occasionally a European would employ an Indian artist to carry out private commissions, but this was not commonplace in the Western regions. It was not until the mid 19th Century that sets of pictures depicting trades and castes were regularly produced in Western India and sold in Bombay, Poona and Belgaum.