Woman seated at a table by a window overlooking the Ganges. She is smoking a hookah and writing a letter, a child beside her. Artist(s): Fakir Chand Lal (c.1790-c.1865)
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Woman seated at a table by a window overlooking the Ganges. She is smoking a hookah and writing a letter, a child beside her. Gouache; 8.75 by 6.75 ins.
Nawab Asaf al-Daula seated on a rug smoking a hookah and listening to a party of male musicians.
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Nawab Asaf al-Daula seated on a rug smoking a hookah and listening to a party of male musicians. He is surrounded by a group of courtiers and attendants. Inscribed on back in English in ink: ‘Lukhnou Nawab Asoofooddoala’; in’ nagari’ characters: ‘Luknau asaf-ud-daula navab.’ Water-colour; 16 ...
Hookah smoking. Inscribed on reverse: ‘A Woman smoking a Hooka, an attendant offering some refreshments.’ 164 by 102 mm; page 268 by 193 mm. A lady is on a terrace smoking a hookah, while a servant holds a dish.