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Illustration to a proverb: the philandering Babu and the musk rat at a party. Watercolour drawing, c. 1870. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The elegantly attired Babu holds a rose in one hand and uses a walking stick in the other indicating that he is off to see a courtesan. The exaggerated black moth or bat indicates that his liaison is shady. The rodents on their curtained stage have gone haywire in his absence. The Babu's clothing suggest a flashy dandy, but his house since its neglect is only fit for rodents
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