EditorialShepherd. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. 1825. Gadariya, a caste r...
EditorialSheep, Print made by J. S. Cooper, active 1885, British, ca. 1880, Drypoint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 12 3/16 x 16 9/16 inches (31 x 42.1 cm), Plate: 6 3/8 x 9 11/16 inches (16.2 x 24.6 cm), and Image:...
EditorialShepherd. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. 1825. Gadariya, a caste r...
EditorialShepherd. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. 1825. Gadariya, a caste r...
EditorialMAY was called "Trimilki," because then they began to milk the kine three times in the day. In this woodcut shepherds are watching over the ewes and lambs. May-day was the great rural festival of the English, and was celebrated with pomp and rejoicing.