Indian Scenes - NYPL's Public Domain Archive collections

Festival procession, 4 carrying white temple on litter, and 2 musicians

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two elephants pulling elaborate carriage, with mahouts and attendants

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Man plowing field with two oxen, four small buildings in the background

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Aristocrat and porter - Public domain portrait engraving

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Casket with 4 bearers, 2 aristocrats leading procession

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3 men holding another man down to ground

Picryl description: Public domain image of famine, hunger, powerty, refugees, people suffering, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aristocrat in white costume seated in green palanquin, carried by four bearers

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Man carrying bundle, and pack donkeys

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

3 toddy gatherers(?) and 1 woman drinking and resting in front of small building

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Oxen-drawn green and pink carriage with female passenger, driver and servant

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Elephant with caparison and howdah. Mahout in white robe and attendants, buildings in the background

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Seated female salt merchant in red sari

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Snake charmers, 3 men and 1 woman

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Male dancer in white costume, with 5 male onlookers

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hunting scene, leopard attacking one of two elephants, howdahs, mahouts

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Green wagon with yellow windows, driver in white robe, pulled by 2 white oxen

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Six servants standing around green palanquin on the ground

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4 men and 2 oxen working in the fields

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camel and rider in white robe, with two white buildings and figures standing in the background

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Red draped litter with female passenger, 2 carriers, and female attendant in yellow sari

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Toddy gatherers in landscape with palm trees

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Funereal procession, red palanquin with reclining figure, 6 bearers and 3 attendants

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Horse-drawn two-wheeled carriage with blue wheels

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Musical procession of 3 men with instruments, leading towards large white temple on a hill

Public domain image of a 17th-18th century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hunting scene, leopard attacking one of two elephants, howdahs, mahouts

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Two men leading 3 black bears - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Man in white robe leading elephant with mahouts, green howdah, and 2 passengers

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Open litter with male passenger, umbrella, four bearers, and two attendants

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Temple and wall, with elephant and mahouts in the foreground

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two women spinning white threads

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Elabroate red carriage with 5 attendants, drawn by 6 elephants with 6 mahouts

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Three men on river structures with ladders and levers

Public domain image of architecture, drawing building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2 male musicians and 4 dancing/playing girls with sticks in circle

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3 men with cudgels, a woman and a man in their grips

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Festival procession, Hanuman/green monkey god figure on litter, with 8 bearers, and 2 others leading, making offerings

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, Hinduism, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camel rider in blue robe - Public domain book scan / drawing

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Chariot festival procession with red and black chariot drawn by dozens of men, with attendants

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Seated blacksmith surrounded by tools

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River festival procession of floating green barge with red temple, polers, musicians, aristocrats, attendants, and white temple in background

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Female spinner in front of white building

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Man and seated woman in front of three small buildings

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Festival procession with idol inside white temple structure borne on litter by 8 men, robed attendants, musicians, men in animal costumes

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Green wagon pulled by two white oxen, driver in white robe

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4 aristocrats and 2 servants, standing on dais with ornate rugs

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Seated female fishmonger in pink sari

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Hunting scene, rider on horse with white dog charging boar

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Aristocrat in green palanquin, accompanied by four bearers and a servant

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Closed green palanquin with umbrella, male passenger, four bearers in red robes, and one attendant

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Barber shaving a man's head bald, one onlooker, white building in the background

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Aristocrats (9 men) standing on dais with ornate rugs

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Male servant with straw broom - Public domain book scan / drawing

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Male servant/cook holding pot in front of stove

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2 white oxen in red coverings drawing green carriage with driver, female passenger in green dress, and 1 attendant

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Woman in white sari, carrying basket of greens on head

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Seated male food vendor roasting meat on spit, fanning flames

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Seated male potter with pottery wheel

Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Two women sitting in front of baskets, on black rug in front of white building

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Musician with stringed instrument in white shirt and green belt

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Seated male silversmith/jewelrymaker in front of small jewellry and tools

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Servant/toddy gatherer, puring white liquid into blue barrel

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Man carrying bundle on head, held by rope

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Seated male emroiderer on blue striped rug

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Musician with stringed instrument in white shirt with red belt

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Woman with rake or brush - Public domain book scan / drawing

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Dancing girl in green skirt, blue hat and pink scarf, left arm raised

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Dancing girl in purple skirt and red scarf, right arm extended

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Man in white ironing behind table

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman in red sari, arms at sides

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Festival procession with Hanuman/green monkey god figure on litter, 8 bearers with shaved heads, attendants, and a crowd of onlookers making ofeerings

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Man in white dhoti with two orange bundles on stick over shoulder

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Male miller with two oxen, seated man in the background

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Four female laborers washing in front of white building

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Dancing girl in white skirt and blue scarf, right arm raised

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Seated female fishmonger (the top of her sari is not painted)

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Man in white dhoti with green belt and red hat

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Festival procession, musicians and white robed attendants bearing green litter with elaborate white canopy, carrying a man and a woman

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.