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An Indian man seated. Gouache painting.

An Indian man sits with a smoking hookah on his knee. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1846, after D. Wilkie.

An Indian man smoking a nariel, or cocoa nut hooka. Coloured stipple and line etching, c. 1804, after F. Solvyns.

Singapore: three native people known as "klings", and one "dhirzie" or tailor. Photographs by J. Taylor, c. 1880.

Six Indian men smoking a variety of pipes and hookas. Coloured aquatint with etching by A. Biasioli, c. 1815.

A man bearing a hooka. Coloured stipple print, c. 1828.

A physician taking the pulse of a woman. Watercolour painting.

Three wealthy Indians sit smoking hookas and a cigar. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, c. 1809.

Tribal health and medicines / edited by A.K. Kalla and P.C. Joshi.

I made my home in England / by Savitri Chowdhary.

Indian barbers at work. Gouache painting.

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East Indians

Images from the collections

Images referencing East Indians

Works from the collections

Tribal health and medicines / edited by A.K. Kalla and P.C. Joshi.

I made my home in England / by Savitri Chowdhary.

An Indian man sits with a smoking hookah on his knee. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1846, after D. Wilkie.

Indian barbers at work. Gouache painting.

An Indian man smoking a nariel, or cocoa nut hooka. Coloured stipple and line etching, c. 1804, after F. Solvyns.

East Indians

Images from the collections

Images referencing East Indians

Works from the collections

Tribal health and medicines / edited by A.K. Kalla and P.C. Joshi.

I made my home in England / by Savitri Chowdhary.

An Indian man sits with a smoking hookah on his knee. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1846, after D. Wilkie.

Indian barbers at work. Gouache painting.

An Indian man smoking a nariel, or cocoa nut hooka. Coloured stipple and line etching, c. 1804, after F. Solvyns.

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