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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.
  • House-seller for Europeans returning from market with an attendant carrying his purchases, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, ca. 1808-1812.
  • 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.