Black and white drawing on aged paper. A border of geometric patterns surrounds a scene. Two men wearing traditional South Asian clothing sit on either side of a man lying down on a bed. The man on the left sits on a chair; he has light skin, a mustache, and a hat with a feather. The man on the right sits cross-legged; he has dark skin and a turban. The man in the center lies on his back on a bed; he has dark skin, a mustache, and a cloth over his lower body. A tasseled curtain is above the scene; tassels hang down. Text appears at the bottom. Patterned border surrounds the scene and curtain.
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- 900 × 637 px
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