Hindu priest, or brahmin, and assistants, singing to a seated audience, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Wellcome Collection

Hindu priest, or brahmin, and assistants, singing to a seated audience, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

Balt. Solvyns · 1799

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: A gauyin ; a brahmin with his assistants singing the exploits of Rhaun in the incarnation of the deity, called the Rhaun Cutar. Bears number : section 12th ; no. 2. Latter part of lettering is in ink manuscript.

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