Early Parsi family
drawn by James Forbes & engraved by T. Waganan
circa 1810
Steel engraving
9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm.)
This early portrait of a Parsi family shows the man wearing traditional jama pichori with upturned mojris and turban. The woman has adorned a traditional mathabana on her head and an Indian sari. The background on the hill is the Tower of Silence.