Three couples
1830
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Three couples is a 1830 paint by Unknown, a Romanticism work, depicting Ethnology, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows five people standing in a line. The first person is a woman in a white dress with gold jewelry. Next is a man with a stick and a peacock perched on his shoulder. The third person is a woman holding a bag of fish. The fourth is a bare-chested man, and the last two are a woman with a jug and a man with a staff. The peacock on the man’s shoulder stands out—it’s bright and detailed. The people look like they’re dressed for a warm climate, with simple clothes and bare feet. If you like this kind of detailed group portrait, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The artwork depicts three couples from different social or occupational groups, each pair engaged in characteristic activities. In the first scene, a polygar soldier and his wife are shown, the man holding a musket while the woman carries betel leaves. The second scene features bird-catchers, with the man holding dead birds and the woman balancing a peacock, peahen, and cock on a mat atop her head. The third scene portrays a hunter and his wife, the man holding an animal skull and a bundle, while the woman carries a pot. The work is part of a volume of thirty folios illustrating castes,…
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