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  • Musician playing a jultrung, an instrument composed of china cups that are struck with sticks, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Ascetic standing next to a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Hindu ascetic seated under a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Procession with seated figure carried on a stretcher, with snakes, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • 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.
  • Musician with a tamboura, used for supplying a drone, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A musician with a nagra, a type of drum played with sticks, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Man playing the baunk, a trumpet-like instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Man playing nose flute, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Seated man in doorway smoking a cocoa nut hookah, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A sadhu with raised arm and overgrown fingernails, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Man striking a causer, or gong, used at certain times by the servants of priests, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • The fortunes of Peter Pickle, Esquire, whose fashionable lifestyle ends with a drink problem. Etching by R. Seymour, 1829.
  • Doctor Botherum, an itinerant medicine vendor (perhaps based on Doctor Bossy) selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants to a raucous crowd. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1800.
  • Doctor Botherum, an itinerant medicine vendor (perhaps based on Doctor Bossy) selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants to a raucous crowd. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1800.
  • A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.
  • A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.
  • Fakir belonging to a sect known for occasional nudity, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A wealthy hypochondriac having two physicians take his pulse at the same time. Line engraving by H. Bourne after A. Solomon.
  • Colombia: a cottage built of bamboo. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • The plain of Peladeros, Colombia, looking towards the Cordilleras. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Rio Claro, Colombia. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Bocanema, Colombia: a waterfall. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Colombia: a cottage built of bamboo. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Colombia: a covered passage providing a prospect of the Cordillera mountains across a ravine. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Mariquita, Colombia: a wooden bridge. Coloured lithograph by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Mérida city, Colombia. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Colombia: a shed on the banks of a lagoon of the River Cienega. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.