A Bauluk. - A man in a turban holding a stick
Summary
Colored etching of barefoot Bengali dancing boy with painted face dressed as Krishna. Inscription below figure reads "a Bauluk". Boy’s costume includes bird headdress, blue cape, necklace, and exotic ear decorations. He holds a wand. Representative image of a dancer at feast of Jhulan Yatra. From Solvyns’s Collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings, sec. 3, pl. 5.
Tags
history of medicine
prints
dancing boys
etchings of dance
manners customs and dresses of the hindoos
national library of medicine
india
bengal
Date
1600 - 1800
Source
National Library of Medicine
Link
Copyright info
public domain