Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still - 1800

Watercolour of two men in West Bengal by an unknown artist working in the Murshidabad style, from the Hyde Collection, c. 1800. Inscribed on back in ink: 'Bengal Distillery of spirituous liquors. Distillery of Spirituous Liquors in Bengal.'

This drawing shows the men in the Distillery of Spirituous Liquors in Bengal preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still.

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