![Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house in Calcutta (Kolkata) during Durga puja by William Prinsep 1840](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_xZAsDdmisG9APddJzVtn80XkmGdWGZ1z-iS31FKvfiWBlm21njgAn_NIGtHvjnlbgREzyNB21TAhhVNa0GNqD4kyJnoU7oBXETO4BJ2Y6MabvsU9fkzy7bFLIKYhTqwBdVRH1d-qEYO/s800/Europeans-being-entertained-by-dancers-and-musicians-in-a-splendid-Indian-house-in-Calcutta-%2528Kolkata%2529-during-Durga-puja-by-William-Prinsep-1840.jpg)
Watercolour of Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house during Durga puja by William Prinsep (1794-1874) dating from the 1830s-1840s. The subject matter and treatment is rather unlike Prinsep's normal style, and it is possible that this is based on another artist's composition, possibly W.F. Hutchisson's. William Prinsep, a merchant with the Calcutta firm of Palmer & Company, came from a family who had served in India for several generations. Five of his brothers were also in the country.
source: British Library (bl.uk)