IMAGE
[McFarlane, Francis Ledingham], 1888-1948 :Every man his own "dhobee" (washerman); How do you like me now?; [a one anna Bombay transport ticket; sides of annotated envelopes, 1916, 1918]
- Date
- 1916 - 1918
- Reference
- E-291-q-022
- Description
The two pencil sketches are likely to be profile self-portraits of McFarlane. In the top sketch he sits in the river washing his own clothes. Below is a head and shoulder profile portrait of him in a pith smoking a pipe like me now? Haven't seen my face for months so excuse flattery".
At top right is a ticket (probably for a bus) in Bombay, listing 278 stops, including: Sassoon Dock, Grant's Building, Museum East, Ballard Pier, Bori Bunder, Dhobi Talao, Prince's Dock, Girgaum P Ch, Pydhonie, Nall Bazar, Charni Rd Jn, Grant Rad, Foras rd, Tardeo, Mazacon.
The two handwritten envelopes show several forwarding addresses.
Other Titles - Dhobi
Quantity: 2 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil sketches, printed ticket, handwritten envelopes, mounted on album page 336 x 238 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane / McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches and cuttings in the Middle East. 1916-1919]
- Format
- 2 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Sketches, Self-portraits, Pencil sketches, printed ticket, handwritten envelopes, mounted on album page 336 x 238 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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