Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos

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Original drawing for a publication of 250 etchings, produced in Calcutta, entitled 'A collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs and dresses of the Hindoos' by F. Balthazar Solvyns.

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Categories	Drawings Hinduism
Object type	Drawing
Titles	Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos (series title) Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos (series title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour drawing
Brief description	Frans Balthasar Solvyns, 'Hookah Burdar' from 'Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos', 1798.
Physical description	Original drawing for a publication of 250 etchings, produced in Calcutta, entitled 'A collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs and dresses of the Hindoos' by F. Balthazar Solvyns.
Object history	One of 250 images from 'Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos', 1798: Section I. Hindoo Castes with their professions (66) Section II. Domestic Servants employed by Europeans (35) Section III. Hindoo Men (8) Section IV. Hindoo Women (8) Section V. Vehicles etc. (8) Section VI. Palanquins (8) Section VII. Fakirs (10) Section VIII. Pleasure Boats (13) Section IX. Boats of Lading (17) Section X. Various modes of smoking the hookah, etc. (8) Section XI. Musicians with Instruments (36) Section XII. Gestivals, ceremonies etc. (22) Frontispieces to the various sections: - Views, Street and River Scenes, etc. (11)
Subject depicted	Hookahs
Place depicted	India
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	8937:78

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Record created	April 22, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O153014/manners-customs-and-dresses-of-drawing-solvyns-frans-balthasar/

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