2-700-988 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

D'jehalledar, or canopied bed conveyance with extra-long front, from 'The Manners, Customs and Dresses of The Hindus', 1799 (coloured etching). 'The Manners, Customs and Dresses of The Hindus', 1799; this was the first travel book to give an accurate rendering of ordinary Indian people, including the lower castes; portraying their work and way of life.