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Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos

Drawing
1798 (published)
Artist/Maker

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 details

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Object type
Titles
  • Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos (series title)
  • Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos (series title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour drawing
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)
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
8937:33

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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