Person

Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824

Images

  • Hindu fakir with one shoe and half a moustache, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • 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.
  • Market scene, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Man seated in doorway playing the tobri, a wind instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Street scene with snake charmers, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Street scene with musician playing a saurinda, a type of violin, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Chief servant in a European household, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, ca. 1808-1812.
  • Man playing a ramsinga, a large snake-like wind instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • An Indian man smoking a nariel, or cocoa nut hooka. Coloured stipple and line etching, c. 1804, after F. Solvyns.
  • Ayah, or female attendant for European and Indian women, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, ca. 1808-1812.

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