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Two sitting labourers, sketchbook page, Two men are sitting outside on a sloping, uneven ground. The man on the left is squatting on a raised stone step. He is wearing a loincloth (veshti, lungi) reaching below his knees and an open, long-sleeved shirt with a frayed hem lying over his knee. The man on the right is sitting on the ground next to a curb with his knees spread and bent, leaning his back against a rock formation. He too is wearing a long loincloth, pulled up to his knee. Sheet 91 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, Asiatic races and peoples: Indians, working class, laborers, 41D232, skirt (LUNGI), clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME), overseas history, Colombo, Period, 1662 - 1670, Two seated figures drawn in pencil on light paper occupy the scene, one on the left wrapped in draped cloth with an arm propped and head resting on a hand, the other on the right shown partially unclothed with drapery gathered around the legs and hands resting over it; both figures have short curly hair and bare feet visible on a stone-like surface, with soft shading suggesting a rough backdrop and ground around them.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A75_465

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Two sitting labourers sketchbook page Two men sitting outside sloping uneven ground man left squatting raised stone step wearing loincloth veshti lungi reaching knees open long-sleeved shirt frayed hem lying knee right ground next curb knees spread bent leaning back rock formation too long loincloth pulled up Sheet 91 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 Asiatic races peoples Indians working class laborers 41D232 skirt Lungi clothing upper part body Name overseas history Colombo Period 1662 - 1670 seated figures drawn pencil light paper occupy scene left wrapped draped cloth arm propped head resting hand shown partially unclothed drapery gathered legs hands resting figures short curly hair bare feet visible stone- surface soft shading suggesting rough backdrop ground them