Illustration in ink of Suniti and Bhadravati – Image

Series nameProse: The Conversations of Cow
Description

This is an ink illustration of the characters Suniti and Bhadravati the Cow in Suniti Namjoshi’s 1985 satirical fable, ‘The Conversations of Cow’ (The Women’s Press, London 1985). The drawing is by Suniti Namjoshi’s friend, the American feminist writer and painter, Mary Meigs (1917-2002), who lived in Montreal. Though the drawings were intended for the book, they were not used by The Women’s Press, London.

Date of Creation / Publication1985
CreatorMeigs, Mary
Associated Person/ OrganisationNamjoshi, Suniti
LocationMontreal
Collection and Reference NumberSuniti Namjoshi Collection (GB 2661 SN)
Catalogue NumberSN/PR/CC/3
CopyrightThe Creator and/ or the associated person or organisation where applicable.
Access to originalsThe originals are located with Suniti Namjoshi and at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Series notesThe digital material in this file relates to Suniti Namjoshi's satirical fable, The Conversations of Cow (The Women's Press Limited, 1985). The images include an extract from the book, a hand-written transcript and twelve drawings, intended as illustrations, by Mary Meigs.
Collection notesThe digitised material in the Suniti Namjoshi Collection features extracts of several published books, including poetry novels and fables. It also includes black and white family photographs and pencil drawings of (unused) illustrations for her novel 'The Conversations of Cow', as well as an extract of an interview transcript.