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  • A man administers a clyster to a greedy little boy who is laying across his mothers lap, his two siblings watch the scene with amusement. Engraving by J. Ouvrier after J.E. Schenau.
  • A man administers a clyster to a greedy little boy who is laying across his mothers lap, his two siblings watch the scene with amusement. Engraving by J. Ouvrier after J.E. Schenau.
  • A Ntumbasee medicine man or shaman in full costume. Halftone.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.
  • Street scene with snake charmers, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • The funeral of a Chinese merchant's wife in Hong Kong. Wood engraving after G.W. Cooke (?), 1859.
  • Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.
  • 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 musician playing a saurinda, a type of violin, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Man playing a ramsinga, a large snake-like wind instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Man smoking chillum outside a hut, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A musician with a doyra, a percussion instrument resembling a tambourine, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Man seated on balcony smoking cocoa nut hookah, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Two men smoking cocoa nut hookahs, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Hindu fakir with one shoe and half a moustache, Calcutta. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Interior with reclining man holding snake-like hookah, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • 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.
  • Man playing a borung, a type of horn played at Hindu festivals, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Hindu priest, or brahmin, and assistants, singing to a seated audience, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Crowd listening to recital and commentary on the Mahabharata, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • 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.