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  • A barber is standing outside his shop in Cairo with the instruments of his trade in his hands.
  • Cowasjee, a man who had his nose reconstructed with the aid of plastic surgery. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1795, after J. Wales.
  • Cowasjee, a man who had his nose reconstructed with the aid of plastic surgery. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1795, after J. Wales.
  • A Brahman. Gouache drawing.
  • A Turkish coffee vendor with a tray of coffee cups. Coloured engraving, c. 1860.
  • Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.
  • Marguerite Agniel posing with her legs crossed and hands together resting on her legs.
  • Marguerite Agniel posing with her legs crossed and hands together resting on her legs.
  • A Sikh and his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A large Chinese man sits on a rock fanning himself as his pipe-bearer stands by. Etching by J. Caldwell, c. 1796, after W. Alexander.
  • A Jain accountant with his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A Sikh soldier with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • Indian barber and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A Moodaly and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Indian singers and musicians. Gouache drawing.
  • Marratta tailor and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • An Indian butcher and wife offering betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • Indian musicians with their instruments. Gouache drawing.
  • Indian cloth painters. Gouache drawing.
  • Indian kettle-drummers. Gouache drawing.
  • Horsemen assembled outside the city walls at Kabul, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • Indian fortune-teller with client. Gouache drawing.
  • Pandit Tudu and his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Cairo: a coffee-house with men sitting on wooden benches to smoke and drink. Colour lithograph by G.W. Seitz, ca. 1878, after Carl Werner, 1871.
  • An indian snake charmer charming a cobra held by his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A guardsman standing on the dock in the gulf of Alexandretta, smoking a long-stemmed pipe. Engraving by S. Miger after L. F. Cassas.
  • An Arabic man of learning (Avicenna ?). Oil painting by a Neapolitan painter, 17th century.
  • An Arabic man of learning (Avicenna ?). Oil painting by a Neapolitan painter, 17th century.
  • Two Sri Lankan tree climbers in the canopy.
  • Two Sri Lankan tree climbers in the canopy.