English Babu (Native Indian Clerk) Holding a Hookah, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
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English Babu (Native Indian Clerk) Holding a Hookah, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
English Babu (Native Indian Clerk) Holding a Hookah, 1800s. This is an archetypal satirical caricature of an native Indian clerk (babu), a Bengali dapper dandy whose fashion sense combines British and Indian mores with dissonant results. Imitating his British masters, he sits cross-legged on a Victorian chair, holding a hookah, sporting a Prince Albert hairstyle, and wearing European buckled shoes. His posture models popular photo studio portraits of the time. Kalighat painters ridiculed these vain babus as foppish nouveau riche
Media ID 19620117
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And Tin Paint Black Ink Calcutta Kalighat Painting With Graphite Underdrawing On Paper
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