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Her Christmas Market

Her Christmas Market

[Original handwritten message, verso] "25/11 Dear David, These are the funny old carriages which we see every day in Calcutta. The old lady has been shopping for Christmas."

An fascinating article on the artist behind this postcard, George Darby, by

A Jutka, Madras

A Jutka, Madras

Hobson Jobson defines the "jutka" in this finely coloured postcard with condescending tone "s. From Dak. -- Hind. jhaṭkā, 'quick.' The native cab of Madras, and of Mofussil towns in that Presidency; a conveyance only to be characterised by the

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