Painting of shoemakers at work, India

Watercolour painting, with a pen and ink border, of a shoemaker and his wife. The man, wearing purple trousers and a white tunic, with a green shawl over his shoulder, makes a shoe which he is holding in his left hand whilst holding an implement in his right. Surrounding him are the implements of his trade and unfinished shoes. A water pipe is on his right. Opposite him is his wife, seated on a low four legged stool. She appears to be cutting out leather templates for the shoes, ready for her husband to finish. She wears yellow trousers under a short green tunic. A white odhni (length of cloth over the shoulders and head) covers her.