Noblemen smoking hookahs
19th century
Description
In this drawing, two men of rank face one another while smoking a water pipe. They are surrounded by seated and standing figures, including a servant who waves a fly whisk over the head of the figure at left
Dimensions
24.1 x 21 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Provenance
[H.C. Mehra], Calcutta (November 16, 1953); purchase by L.C. and P. Wyman, American couple; gift to Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden Street, Duxbury (1960s); purchase by Kathy Burton Jones [Norman Hurst], Hurst Gallery, 53 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge (2004); gift to Harvard Art Museum (2009).
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