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Man seated on balcony smoking cocoa nut hookah, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
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Man seated on balcony smoking cocoa nut hookah, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/46300 · 1799

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Narial. Hooka, 1.

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