Kshatriya etched in Clacutta by Solvyns

Kshatriya etched in Clacutta by Solvyns

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Etchings from the major collections by Francois Balthasar Solvyns, showing life in early colonial Calcutta:
"Mounted hand-colored etchings, hand-drawn borders, titles laid on, from Solvyns' celebrated work, "A COLLECTION OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY COLOURED ETCHINGS : DESCRIPTIVE OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND DRESSES OF THE HINDOOS"; Calcutta,1799." (and a few attributed by him to other works)

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1799
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Columbia University
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public domain

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