A class of children
ca. 1850
Unknown
SSEA
One of two drawings depicting punishments in Indian schools. This one of a class of children seated under a thatched shelter. The class is reading from palm leaves and the master, seated on a mat, is writing on a palm leaf with a stylus. Other palm leaves lie around. Two boys are being punished; one by the 'stooping string' for failing to learn his lesson, the other by 'catching the crane'; being forced to bend forward and balance on his forefinger and right leg.
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