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Musician with instrument made from pumpkin shells joined by a wire and played with a bow, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31209i
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Interior with reclining man holding snake-like hookah, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30630i
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Musician with a percussion instrument made of two drums of different sizes joined together, and played with a drumstick, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31372i
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Man seated in doorway playing the tobri, a wind instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31150i
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Brahman priest with a musical shell and a bell, being used at a religious ceremony, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31179i
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A musician with a d'hole, a drum played at one end with a stick, and at the other with the hand, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31373i
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Hindu ascetic seated under a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30728i
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Man playing a borung, a type of horn played at Hindu festivals, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31259i
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Seated man in doorway smoking a cocoa nut hookah, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30613i
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A musician with a nagra, a type of drum played with sticks, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31307i
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Hindu fakir with one shoe and half a moustache, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30712i
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Man holding percussion instruments made of hollow brass rings, containing small balls, played with the hands, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30703i
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Street scene with snake charmers, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30638i
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Two men smoking cocoa nut hookahs, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30679i
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Man smoking chillum outside a hut, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30574i
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Hindu fakir with one shoe and half a moustache, Calcutta. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31304i
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Musician playing the dump, a drum which is held vertically and struck with the fingers, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31348i
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Ascetic standing next to a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30752i
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Fakir belonging to a sect known for occasional nudity, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30722i
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Musician with a d'hauk, a large drum carried over the shoulder and decorated with feathers, played at marriages and religious occasions, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31269i
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Ceremony with figures in costume personifying Hindu deities, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31421i
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Man playing the baunk, a trumpet-like instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31217i
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A sadhu with raised arm and overgrown fingernails, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 30730i
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Market scene, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31452i
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Man playing a ramsinga, a large snake-like wind instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsDate: [1799]Reference: 31255i