File, 1850, 2026 (left), Cantonment, 1857, 2026 (right) 18 x 24 in.
Gouache and graphite on paper.
2026Two drawings from an ongoing visual dictionary in which English loanwords in Urdu are
depicted through Nastaliq calligraphic letter forms. The year in the title marks the word’s
first appearance in an Urdu dictionary.