EUROPEAN SCHOOL AFTER FRANçIOS BALTHAZAR SOLVYNS (1760-1824) AN ALBUM OF FORTY WATERCOLOURS OF HINDUSTAN COSTUMES INCLUDING 'A FISHERMAN - THE LOWEST TRIBE OF MAHOMEDANS'; 'BRIJBASI IN HIS DOMESTIC ATTIRE - EMPLOYED AS A GUARD BY MERCHANTS'; 'A HOOKA BURDAR -'; 'A BAULUCK - A NAME GIVEN TO DANCING BOYS, WHO SOMETIMES PERFORM FEMALE CHARACTERS'; 'A BEHALIA OR HINDOO SOLDIER - IN COTTON QUILTED ARMOUR', 'A JUMMADAR OR HEAD OUT OF DOORS SERVANT'; 'BRIJBASI IN HIS MILITARY ATTIRE'; INSCRIBED 'THE/COSTUME/of/HINDOSTAN/from drawings by Balt z : Solvyns/WB/1811' and further inscribed as title and numbered, forty watercolours on the papers of the album pencil and watercolour, watermark, 'J WHATMAN 1808' 14 x 9¾ in. (35.5 x 24.7 cm.); the album 14¼ x 10½ in. (36.2 x 26.7 cm.), overall (40)
EUROPEAN SCHOOL AFTER FRANçIOS BALTHAZAR SOLVYNS (1760-1824) AN ALBUM OF FORTY WATERCOLOURS OF HINDUSTAN COSTUMES INCLUDING 'A FISHERMAN - THE LOWEST TRIBE OF MAHOMEDANS'; 'BRIJBASI IN HIS DOMESTIC ATTIRE - EMPLOYED AS A GUARD BY MERCHANTS'; 'A HOOKA BURDAR -'; 'A BAULUCK - A NAME GIVEN TO DANCING BOYS, WHO SOMETIMES PERFORM FEMALE CHARACTERS'; 'A BEHALIA OR HINDOO SOLDIER - IN COTTON QUILTED ARMOUR', 'A JUMMADAR OR HEAD OUT OF DOORS SERVANT'; 'BRIJBASI IN HIS MILITARY ATTIRE'; INSCRIBED 'THE/COSTUME/of/HINDOSTAN/from drawings by Balt z : Solvyns/WB/1811' and further inscribed as title and numbered, forty watercolours on the papers of the album pencil and watercolour, watermark, 'J WHATMAN 1808' 14 x 9¾ in. (35.5 x 24.7 cm.); the album 14¼ x 10½ in. (36.2 x 26.7 cm.), overall (40)
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