François Baltazar Solvyns
Les Hindous ou la Déscription de Leurs Moeurs,
Coutumes et Cérémonies
[The Hindus, Or A Description of Their Manners, Customs and Ceremonies]
Paris: c. 1808-12
Hand-colored etchings
22 x 16 inches
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Images of Calcutta, India
François Baltazar Solvyns
François Baltazar Solvyns
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 Sournae |
 Ghacyara |
Agoury |
Goalyn |
Lower Caste Woman |
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Details of Sournae (left) and Agoury (right). |
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Ramanandy |
 Serpent |
Mok Hen Walla |
Guenon |
Ladou-Byl |
Topsy Matchi |
Scolopendre |
Hakery |
 Boat |
 Tiger |
Remarkable collection of etchings of native peoples of India of the late 18th and early 19th Century. Solvyns (1760-1824), a native of Belgium, traveled to Calcutta between 1791 and 1804 and published these prints in France documenting his travels. Included in the set we are offering are depictions of men and women engaged in everyday chores, scenes of village life and landscapes with wildlife—a tiger, monkeys and a cobra.
Reference:
Hardgrave, Robert L. Jr. University of Texas at Austin. http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/cas/publication/hardgraveportrait.html