An ear-cleaner, attending to a man's ear. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1825.

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[1825?]
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591183i
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An ear-cleaner, attending to a man's ear. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1825. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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One work in a series showing trades and occupations of India. Another set with the same composition was commissioned by Col. James Skinner in 1825 (British Library MS Persian add. 27,255)

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[Delhi], [1825?]

Physical description

1 painting : gouache painting, with pencil ; image 17.2 x 11.6 cm

Lettering

Kan̄-mad-wālā, a person whose employment it is to pick clean the ears (806) Lettering in English and Arabic below the image

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine” at Wellcome Collection, 16 November 2017 – 8 April 2018

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Wellcome Collection 591183i

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