Eat, pray, colonise.
The European In India is a collection of drawings curated by Charles Doyley and published in 1813. It depicts the lifestyles of European settlers in the subcontinent and now, 200 years later, sheds light on the lavish lifestyles they led.
"An Indian servant washes the feet of his European master."
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"An Indian servant watches his European master smoking a hookah."
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"A young European leans back in his chair and takes a drag on his hookah while his Indian servant reads to him."
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