Sujet

Illustration to a proverb: the philandering Babu and the musk rat at a party, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Illustration to a proverb: the philandering Babu and the musk rat at a party, 1870. Additional Info: The elegantly attired Babu holds a rose in one hand and uses a walking stick in the other indicating that he is off to see a courtesan. The exaggerated black moth or bat indicates that his liaison is shady. The rodents on their curtained stage have gone haywire in his absence. The Babu's clothing suggest a flashy dandy, but his house since its neglect is only fit for rodents.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A25_444

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NA

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42.9Mo (3.5Mo) / 25.6cm x 42.0cm / 3024 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait animal people male man men Asian India Asia fashion religious Indian arts country religion insect insects art guy bengal continent museum color rodent moth dress party Hinduism location century drawing bat fashionable concept Hindu walking stick mythology mythological APPAREL full length one person behaviour full-length watercolour saying illustrated unfaithful Colour 19th century proverb Unhygienic 1870s dandy nineteenth century South Asian Hindoostan insincerity muskrat illustration pencil drawing watercolour portrait pencil Unknown silver Chiroptera 1870 Kalighat Heritage Art 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing Wellcome Collection Kalighat Babu and the muskrat