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European man buys fruit at a market, sketchbook page, Outside on the street, a group of five Eurasian women are sitting on the ground. The woman on the far right is sitting on a folded cloth. Two unclothed children stand between them. The two women sketchily depicted on the left of the drawing are dressed in long wrap skirts (redda) and Portuguese blouses (hatte). An earthenware pot stands between them. The three women on the right are also wearing wrap skirts; two are wearing Portuguese blouses over them, and the woman on the far right is drawn with a cloth draped over her shoulders. The pinned-up hair bun (condé) is clearly visible on the two women on the right. Two baskets of mangoes stand on the ground in front of them. In the middle of the drawing stands a barefoot European man, dressed in a pleated skirt (trousers) and a short doublet tied tightly under the chin. Beneath that, a long-sleeved shirt with sleeves protruding from the sleeves of the doublet at the wrists. His hair is long and wavy, and he wears a large hat on his head. Behind him, his right hand holds a stick with its tip resting on the ground. With his left hand, he points to the mangoes. Sheet 115 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets., draftsman (artist): Esaias Boursse, Sri Lanka, 1662, draftsman (artist), South Asia, materials by function, paper, ink, brush, brush in gray, height 148 mm x width 196 mm, clothing for the upper part of the body (DOUBLET) (men's clothes), market, Europeans, Eurasion, half-caste, styles of hairdress (with NAME) -, women, skirt (with NAME), clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME), fruits: mango, overseas history, Colombo, Period, 1662 - 1670, A grayscale drawing showing a barefoot figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a pleated skirtlike garment standing with a long stick, facing a seated group on the ground; several seated figures wear loose draped clothing and shawls, one seated person is wrapped in a bl

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European man buys fruit market sketchbook page Outside street group five Eurasian women sitting ground woman far right folded cloth Two unclothed children stand them two women sketchily depicted left drawing dressed long wrap skirts redda Portuguese blouses hatte earthenware pot stands three women right also wearing wrap skirts two wearing Portuguese blouses drawn cloth draped shoulders pinned-up hair bun condé visible two women Two baskets mangoes stand front middle drawing stands barefoot European man pleated skirt trousers short doublet tied tightly under chin Beneath long-sleeved shirt sleeves protruding sleeves doublet wrists long wavy wears large hat head right hand holds stick tip resting left hand points mangoes Sheet 115 sketchbook 117 sheets draftsman artist Esaias Boursse Sri Lanka 1662 South Asia materials function paper ink brush gray height 148 mm x width 196 mm clothing upper part body Doublet men's clothes Europeans Eurasion half-caste styles hairdress Name - women skirt fruits mango overseas history Colombo Period 1662 - 1670 grayscale showing barefoot figure wearing wide-brimmed hat pleated skirtlike garment standing long stick facing seated group several seated figures wear loose draped shawls seated person wrapped bl