Coloured Etching Collection

Femme en Grand Parure [Woman in Grand Attire], between 1808 and 1812. Creator: Balthazar Solvyns
Femme en Grand Parure [Woman in Grand Attire], between 1808 and 1812. Series: Les Hindous

Man smoking a hookah of hashish or opium, pub. 1808-12. Creator: Franz Balthazar Solvyns
Man smoking a hookah of hashish or opium, from Les Hindous ou la Description de leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies, pub. 1808-12 (coloured etching)

Carding cotton, 1782. Creator: Pierre Sonnerat (1745-1814)
Carding cotton from Voyages aux Indes et a la Chine, 1782 (coloured engraving)

Porter of the Ouriah caste, pub. 1808-12. Creator: Franz Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824)
Porter of the Ouriah caste, from Vol. I. of Les Hindous ou la Description de leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies, pub. 1808-12 (coloured etching)

A Rahjah with attendants, pub. 1808-12. Creator: Franz Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824)
A Rahjah with attendants, from Les Hindous ou la Description de leurs Moeurs Coutumes at Ceremonies, pub. 1808-12 (coloured etching)

Houalouays, a confectioner or pastry cook, pub. 1808-12. Creator: Franz Balthazar Solvyns
Houalouays, a confectioner or pastry cook, from Les Hindous ou la Description de leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies, pub. 1808-12 (coloured etching)

D jehalledar, or canopied bed conveyance with extra-long front, 1799
D jehalledar, or canopied bed conveyance with extra-long front, from The Manners, Customs and Dresses of The Hindus, 1799 (coloured etching)

A Dyback, or Astrologer, 1804. Creator: Franz Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824)
A Dyback, or Astrologer, from Costumes of India by E. Orme, 1804 (coloured etching). When a child is born in some areas of India, the Dyback or Dybukk makes calculations about their futures; here

View near Newport, Isle of Wight, pub. 1822. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
View near Newport, Isle of Wight, from Sketches from Nature, published 1822 (coloured etching)

Taunton Vale, Somersetshire, pub. 1822. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Taunton Vale, Somersetshire, from Sketches from Nature, published 1822 (coloured etching). A loaded horse-drawn covered wagon passes by an isolated pub, called the Royal Oak, in Taunton Vale, Somerset

Conception beyond Expression, or The Acme of Pictorial Criticism, 1829. Creator: John Phillips
Conception beyond Expression, or The Acme of Pictorial Criticism, 1829 (coloured etching). 19th century caricature of an exhibition at the Royal Academy that many of the viewers are clearly less than

A causto (clerk / scribe), pub. 1808-12. Creator: Franz Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824)
A causto (clerk/scribe), from Les Hindous ou la Description de leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies, pub. 1808-12 (coloured etching)

A cobbler, pub. 1808-12. Creator: Franz Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824)
A cobbler, from Les Hindous ou la Description de leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies, pub. 1808-12 (coloured etching). A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings

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