Travellers making music by the wayside

Gouache on paper.

Laying aside staffs and bundles, a group of Pahari travellers rest by the wayside. They sing together with gusto, perhaps performing some folk tune. One man beats the rhythm on a clay pot, others clap in time and a man dances on the spot while singing. This sensitively observed scene is by Nainsukh or one of his followers. A related drawing is in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum, Hyderabad.

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