A Bengal kitchen.
Date of publication changed to 1803 on print.
- Abstract
- "A cavernously dark interior, despite a strong light from a wide doorway and open window in the wall which forms a background. Five Indian servants, of whom two may be women, are employed in various operations; three squat on the floor on mats or low stools, a fourth holding a slab or brick like that in No. 12164, rises in angry controversy with a seated man (left). Their dress ranges from a tunic and trousers with a turban to a loin-cloth. A steward or butler wearing a turban stands in the doorway, holding a bowl. On the right is a large stove on which pots of various sizes are cooking over five small charcoal fires on the surface of the stove. Above, in deep shadow, hang large hams."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Contributor
- Holland, William, active 1782-1817 (Publisher)
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- image 26 x 36 cm, sheet 27 x 37 cm.
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Language
- English
- Materials
- 1 print : etching & aquatint, hand-colored
- Notes
- Library copy imperfect: trimmed within plate mark, with loss of caption title and imprint. "'Bengal kitchen.' Pub. Feb. 1811 W. Holland" in manuscript pencil on verso. (Local Note)
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Related Material
- References: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 9, no. 12165
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--A Bengal kitchen
- Subject
- Household employees, India, Satire in art
- Technique
- etching (printing process), aquatint (printing process)
- Attribution
- Courtesy of Northwestern University Libraries, The works on this web site, from material in the collections of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections of Northwestern University Libraries, are provided for use by its students, faculty and staff, and by other researchers visiting this site, for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. Further distribution and/or any commercial use of the images from this site is not permitted.