A loan of 100 rupees. Woodcut, ca. 1815.
- Pal, Sibachandra.
- Date:
- [1815?]
- Reference:
- 728775i
- Part of:
- Indian practitioners of trades, crafts, and professions. Gouache paintings, 18--.
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Invoking God (Hari), a person named Mr. Sibachandra Pal declares that he is taking a loan of one hundred rupees from the company (i.e. the East India Company) in the presence of Mr. Harischandra Dey. He also mentions that he will return the money within one month with interest rate of one rupee (probably per month though it is not stated).
Publication/Creation
[Bengal?] : [publisher not identified], [1815?]
Physical description
1 print : woodcut ; sheet 44 x 28 cm
Contributors
Lettering
The declaration is dated 15 Kartick (seventh Bengali month, equivalent to October-November), but that is not necessarily the date of the document
Reference
Wellcome Collection 728775i
Language note
In Assamese written in Brajabuli script
Languages
Where to find it
loose sheet in album 47221i vol. II
Location Status Access Closed stores