2-701-140 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

A causto (clerk/scribe), 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: Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos; Volume I is devoted to religious castes and cermonies; Volume II to occupations and musical instruments; Volume III to sailing craft; and Volume IV to indigenous flora and fauna.