A cotton carder, painted by an Indian artist of Delhi, c.1820; from an album of watercolors commissioned by William Fraser

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"Weaver," an engraving by Edmond Scott, based on Solvyns, early 1800s

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"D'après Frans Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824). Un tisserand par Edmond Scott. Gravure au pointillé, impression en couleurs. 310 x 260 mm. (12¼ x 10¼ in.). F.B. Solvyns, The Costumes of Indostan, London, 1804-5, plate 6"

*"Preparing cloth" [block printing]; a painting from a manuscript of Tashrih al-aqvam, commissioned by James Skinner, 1825"* (BL)

*A Tantee or Indian weaver; an etching by Sir Charles D'Oyly, 1827* (BL)

*"Dhuniya, Muhammadan cotton carders, Eastern Bengal," a photo from the 1860's* (BL); also:
*"Rungrazes. (Dyers)" in Delhi, a photo by Shepherd and Robertson from c.1863*; [*dyers, 1863*]
*"Dyers at work, Western India," a photo by Shivshanker Narayen, c.1873*; [*dyers, 1873*]
*"Surate mat weavers," a photo from the 1870's*; [*mat weavers, 1870's*]

*BL -- do a search for "weaver India"*