Chedi, our bheestie (water-carrier) at Dehra [Dun] for many years, 1909
oil on canvas, oil painting
Accession Number
NAM.1951-11-10-1
Description
Chedi, our bheestie (water-carrier) at Dehra [Dun] for many years, 1909. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right ‘G E Burrard/ Jan 1909’, by Gertrude Ellen Burrard (later Lady Gertrude) (1860-1928), 1909. Half-length portrait of the water carrier with his leather water bag. Gertrude Ellen Burrard accompanied her husband Sidney Burrard, an Indian Army Officer, around the Indian subcontinent during his time as Superintendent on the Trigonometrical Survey of India. As an amateur artist, she recorded the people and places that she encountered and exhibited her paintings for many years in India.
