I was shown an old torn and faded postcard from 1920s found in a collection of prints and calendar pictures hoarded by my grandmother. It was a postcard produced by “Higginbotham’s of Madras” and was a quirky and unusual subject of card players rapt in their game under a single light bulb..
From their attire they were servants working” below stairs” in a Tamil Hindu household. Card playing obviously transcended class, status and gender as early as in the 1920s in South India. . My grandmother confessed that though playing cards was prohibited to “upper-class girls and women” of the household as a bad habit, she and her sister were dab hands at rummy, playing as they did for a few coins !
I had to resurrect the subject of this old torn postcard as a painting
Original: Oil on canvas ; 12 x 16″ (305 x 410mm) ; framed
Limited Edition Print : Available as Giclee print on finest quality paper or canvas. International shipment
Sizes available: 8 x 12″(203 x 305 mm); 12 x 16″(305 x 410mm); 18 x 24″(457 x 610 mm); 24 x 32″ (610 x 813mm)
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Will post rolled up in a tube with Certificate of Authenticity, number of the print and artist’s signature.
