Three sepoy musicians playing fife, drum and cymbals.
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Three sepoy musicians playing fife, drum and cymbals. They wear blue coats with red facings, breeches and tall blue caps in Grenadier fashion. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Smoking a Hookah. Both a floor-model and a hand-held model are depicted.
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Two males smoking hooka's. Both a floor-model and a hand-held model are depicted. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Smoking a Hookah.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Two men playing ‘pachisi’ while a musician plays a ‘vina’
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Two men playing ‘pachisi’ while a musician plays a ‘vina’ in a shaded courtyard. Inscribed: ‘Pachiss a Game of fife & twenty.’ and ‘A Native Muscian’ [sic]. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
A nautch attended by Bengalis and Europeans, intended to be a portayal of the Kali Yuga. Artist(s): Jadavendra Karmakar (fl.1850s)
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A nautch attended by Bengalis and Europeans, with two dancing girls and musicians, intended to be a portayal of the Kali Yuga. Engraved in Bengali: ‘sri jadabendra karmakarer krta sam. bardaman bada bajarate ei chapa paibe kalirajar sabha’, and inscribed in pencil: ‘The last age. The court of ...