Liquor merchant seated in his shop pouring drink into bowls.
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Liquor vendor in his shop pouring drink into bowls. Four customers (three men and one woman) stand or sit around. Inscribed on back: ‘No.2’. ‘A Arrack Shop.’
Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still
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Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Bengal Distillery of spirituous liquors. Distillery of Spirituous Liquors in Bengal.’
Liquor shop with customers in various stages of drunkenness
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Liquor shop with customers in various stages of drunkenness. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Bengal Spirituous liquor Shop - people Drunk. Shop for Sale of Spirituous Liquors some of the Customers Drunk, threaten with Shoes: and others in various stages of Intoxication.’. 310 by 458 mm; 252 by 40...
'Soonrees. Manufacturers and Dealers in Wine.' Man standing in front of a wine stall. Section 10, pl.5, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
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'Soonrees. Manufacturers and Dealers in Wine.' Man standing in front of a wine stall. Section 10, pl.5, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808.. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
'A Soonree' [spirits maker and vendor]. Section 1st No.49 from 'A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos by Balt. Solvyns'. Calcutta, 1799. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
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'A Soonree' [spirits maker and vendor]. Section 1st No.49 from 'A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos by Balt. Solvyns'. Calcutta, 1799.. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)