Photograph · IllustrationAA-0032
A Nestorian (Assyrian) woman carrying water, painting, about 1839
- Date
- 1830s
Watercolour of a Nestorian woman in a red-and-white checked mantle, red bodice and patterned skirt, carrying a water jar on her back, with a small figure in green holding a jug beside her. One of a set of Qajar paintings commissioned by the missionary Justin Perkins.
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Library of Congress, Qajar paintings commissioned by Justin Perkins collection
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