Illustration of Bhadravati telling Suniti a story about cows – Image
| Series name | Prose: The Conversations of Cow |
| Description | This black and white drawing was created by American feminist writer and visual artist Mary Meigs (1917-2002). The illustration depicts the two main characters from Suniti Namjoshi’s fable ‘The Conversations of Cow’ (The Women’s Press, London, 1985). Suniti and her travelling companion Bhadravati the Brahmini cow are talking, and Suniti appears upset. |
| Date of Creation / Publication | 1985 |
| Creator | Meigs, Mary |
| Associated Person/ Organisation | Namjoshi, Suniti; Thomas Fisher Library |
| Location | London |
| Collection and Reference Number | Suniti Namjoshi Collection (GB 2661 SN) |
| Catalogue Number | SN/PR/CC/12 |
| Copyright | The Creator and/ or the associated person or organisation where applicable. |
| Access to originals | The originals are located with Suniti Namjoshi and at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, Canada. |
| Series notes | The 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 notes | The 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. |
