‘Todas Father and Son'
Date
1834
Creator
After
Justinian Gantz (1802, British) , Artist
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 258mm
width (print): 258mm
Subject
Description
Portrait of a father and son from the Toda Tribe of the Nilgirri Mountains of the state of Tamil Nadu, southern India.
The image shows a sketch of the two men, both wear simplistic upper garments, resembling a shawl and have mid length curly hair and beards.
The accompanying text describes the Todas People “The appearance of the Todas or Toruwars, who may be considered the original inhabitants of the hills, is very prepossessing.”
Plate 7 (not numbered) from the book Observations on the Neilgherries, including an account of their topography, climate, soil & productions… by R Baikie, Esq M.D. ed W.H. Smoult (Calcutta, 1834).
Inscribed below: ‘TODAS Father and Son. J.B. Tassin lith. Drawn on stone by J. Bennett.’
Robert Baikie (1799-1889) British physician and East India Company surgeon in the Madras Army. Baikie retired from service in 1844 and then practised medicine in Edinburgh.
The image shows a sketch of the two men, both wear simplistic upper garments, resembling a shawl and have mid length curly hair and beards.
The accompanying text describes the Todas People “The appearance of the Todas or Toruwars, who may be considered the original inhabitants of the hills, is very prepossessing.”
Plate 7 (not numbered) from the book Observations on the Neilgherries, including an account of their topography, climate, soil & productions… by R Baikie, Esq M.D. ed W.H. Smoult (Calcutta, 1834).
Inscribed below: ‘TODAS Father and Son. J.B. Tassin lith. Drawn on stone by J. Bennett.’
Robert Baikie (1799-1889) British physician and East India Company surgeon in the Madras Army. Baikie retired from service in 1844 and then practised medicine in Edinburgh.
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