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Seated man in doorway smoking a cocoa nut hookah, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 30613iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Man seated in doorway playing the tobri, a wind instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31150iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Man playing a ramsinga, a large snake-like wind instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31255iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Man playing a borung, a type of horn played at Hindu festivals, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31259iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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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.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31174iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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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.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 30703iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Street scene with snake charmers, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 30638iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Hindu ascetic seated under a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 30728iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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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.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31307iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Two men smoking cocoa nut hookahs, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 30679iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Ascetic standing next to a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 30752iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
Ceremony with figures in costume personifying Hindu deities, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31421iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Market scene, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31452iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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A musician with a doyra, a percussion instrument resembling a tambourine, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31370iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Street scene with musician playing a saurinda, a type of violin, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31130iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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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.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31143iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Procession with seated figure carried on a stretcher, with snakes, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 30651iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Musician with a tamboura, used for supplying a drone, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31204iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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Fakir belonging to a sect known for occasional nudity, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 30722iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Books
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A sketch of the materials for a new history of Cheshire: with short Accounts of the Genius and Manners of its Inhabitants, and of some local customs Peculiar to that Distinguished County: in a letter to Thomas Falconer, Esq: of the City of Chester.
Gower, Foote, 1726-1780.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
The manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South America / by the author of Peter Parley's tales [S.G. Goodrich].
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860.Date: 1844- Books
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An universal, historical, geographical, chronological and poetical dictionary, exactly describing the situation, extent, customs, laws, Manners, Commodities, &c. of all Kingdoms, Common-Wealths, Provinces, Islands and Cities, in the known world. Containing Likewise The Lives of the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, and Primitive Fathers; Emperors, Kings, Princes, Popes, Cardinals, Bishops, and other eminent Persons; with an Account of the Inventors and Improvers of Arts and Sciences, Philosophers, and all Celebrated Authors. Also The History of the Pagan Gods, very useful for the Understanding of Classick Authors; of the several Sects among the Jews, Christians, Heathens and Mahometans, with their principal Ceremonies, Games and Festivals; of General Councils and Synods, when, and where Assembled; of the Establishment and Progress of Religious and Military Orders; and of the Genealogies of the most Illustrious Families, especially our English, Scotch and Irish. The Whole consisting of a curious Miscellany of Sacred and Prophane History, Extracted from Moreri, Baylc, Baudrand, Hoffman, Danet, and many more of the best and choicest Historians, Geographers, Chronologers and Lexicographers, Antient and Modern. In two volumes
Date: 1703- Books
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A view of London and Westminster: or, the town spy. Containing an account of the different customs, tempers, Manners, Policies, &c. of the people in the several most noted Parishes within the Bills of Mortality respectively. Wherein the follies and vices of the English, Welch, Scotch, French, and Irish inhabitants, (and more particularly the last) are justly exposed. By a German gentleman.
German gentleman.Date: [1725]- Books
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A view of London and Westminster: or, the town spy. Containing an account of the different customs, tempers, Manners, Policies, &c. of the people in the several most noted Parishes within the Bills of Mortality respectively. Wherein the follies and vices of the English, Welch, Scotch, French, and Irish inhabitants, (and more particularly the last) are justly exposed. The second edition. By a German gentleman.
German gentleman.Date: 1725- Books
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A picture of England: Containing a description of the laws, customs and manners of England. Containing A Description Of The Laws, Customs, And Manners Of England. Interspersed with curious and interesting Anecdotes of Present K. Denmark Prince of Wales Late E. M. Thercsa Louis XV. Duke de Choisoul Late D. of Bedford Dut. Dow. Bedford D. Northumberland Dut. of Devonshire Lord Bute Lord North Lord Mansfield Mr. Fox Mr. Pitt Lord Sandwich Admiral Koppel General Smith Lord Camdon Lord Thurlow Lord Kenyon D. of Bridgewater Lord Chatham Lord Sackville General Burgoyne Mr. Luttrell Mr. Wilkes, and several other aldermen Mr. Burke Mr. Horne Tooke Late Lord Clive Mr. Gibbon Mrs. Abington Mr. Wedgewood Chevalier D'Eon Lord Stormont Mr. Villette General Gansell Late Mr. Garrick Mr. Foote Mrs. Cornelys Mrs. Siddons Barry Woodward Weston Henderson Palmer Mr. Kelly, &c. &c. By M. D'Archenholz, Formerly a Captain in the Service of the King of Prussia. Translated from the French.
Archenholz, Johann Wilhelm von, 1743-1812.Date: 1790