A JELLEE-A OR FISHERMAN

This sect is of the lowest order of the Mahommedans, and said to have emigrated from the shores of Arabia in the lifetime of Mohammed, owing to a disobedience of some of the commands. The plate is from The Costume of Hindostan.

Belgian marine artist Frans Balthazar Solvyns lived in Calcutta between 1791 and 1803 and is considered one of the earliest printmakers in India, besides Thomas Daniell. During his time in India, he documented 18th-century Indian culture and habitats, including the people, their occupations,festivals and religious customs.

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