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WILLIAM SIMPSON and SIR JOHN WILLIAM KAYE. Indigo factory, Bengal. In this view, the plants (Indigofera tinctoria) were soaked in large tanks or vats of water to releasing their blue colour, and would then float to the top to be retrieved and dried. India, ancient and modern : a series of illustrations of the country and people of India and adjacent territories. London : Day and Son, 1867. Chromolithograph. Source: X108(38).

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WILLIAM SIMPSON (1832-1898) • SIR JOHN WILLIAM KAYE

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Indigo factory, Bengal. In this view, the plants (Indigofera tinctoria) were soaked in large tanks or vats of water to releasing their blue colour, and would then float to the top to be retrieved and dried. India, ancient and modern : a series of illustrations of the country and people of India and adjacent territories. London : Day and Son, 1867. Chromolithograph. Source: X108(38).

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3762 x 2711 px | 29.2 MB

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31.9 x 23.0 cm | 12.5 x 9.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

19TH CENTURY • 19TH • BENGAL • CHROMOLITHOGRAPH • CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY • CONTAINER • DIAGRAM • FACTORIES • FACTORY • GROUP OF PEOPLE • HINDOOSTAN • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT • INDIGO • INDOSTÁN • INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY • INDUSTRIAL BUILDING • INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS • INDUSTRIAL FACILITY • INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE • INDUSTRIES • INDUSTRY • KAYE, SIR JOHN WILLIAM • MALE • MALES • MAN MEN • MAN • MANUFACTURING • MASCULINE • MEN • PLANT • PLANTA • PLANTAE • PLANTS • SIMPSON, WILLIAM • SOUTH ASIAN SUBCONTINENT • TANK • VAT • XIX CENTURY