Hookah smoking. Inscribed beneath: ‘Smoking.’ 161 by 93 mm; page 250 by 184 mm. A lady smokes a hookah on a terrace while a servant stands holding a dish.
Colonel Jacob Petrus (1755-1850) seated on a veranda smoking a hookah
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Colonel Jacob Petrus (1755-1850) wearing a top hat, blue breeches and a black jacket with an orange collar and cuffs, seated on a veranda smoking a hookah. His sword rests on a footstool. A servant wearing a green flowered jacket stands behind him holding a chowrie. By a Delhi artist, c.1840....
Three men seated round a frame, one smoking a hookah, embroiderering scabbards, another finished frame beside them
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Three men seated round a frame, one smoking a hookah, embroiderering scabbards, another finished frame beside them.. Inscribed: ‘tasvir-i zardoz; karkhana-i zardoz’ (picture of an embroiderer; embroiders’ workshop).
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.
The Begum Samru, half-length, seated smoking a hookah
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Portrait of the Begum Samru, half length facing slightly to the right and holding the snake of a hookah. She wears a fur hat, with dangling pearl ‘sarpech’ and a pearl necklace, and is enveloped in a heavy yellow shawl, with red and blue lining. The background is uniformly dark grey. By a Del...
Scene inside the brightly lit Imambara during the Muharram, with the Nawab (perhaps Babur 'Ali, 1793-1810) seated smoking a hookah
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Scene inside the brightly lit Imambara during the Muharram, with the Nawab (perhaps Babar ‘Ali, 1793-18109) seated smoking a hookah. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Water Colour Drawing of an Indian Ceremonial. By a Native Artist.’ Water-colour and body-colour on laid paper, 426 by 777 mm., within r...
The Pipe of Peace. A Pathan smoking a hookah watched by a cat. Artist(s): Deuskar, Gopal Damodar (1911-94)
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‘The Pipe of Peace.’ A Pathan smoking a hookah watched by a cat. Signed and dated:’ G.D. Deuskar 28.7.30.’ Water-colour heightened with white; 24.5 by 35.5 . cm. Note: Gopal Damodar Deuskar (1911-94), born in Ahmednagar, studied at the J.J. School of Art Bombay. He won the Gold Medal of the...