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Sati
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Suttee. Engraving by Walker, 1785, after S. Wale.
Wale, Samuel, -1786.Date: [1785]Reference: 10949i
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Sati (suttee): a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre as a large crowd watches. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 580857i
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Suttee. Engraving by Lester, 1820.
Lester (Engraver), active 1820.Date: 1 May 1820Reference: 10951i
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A crowd preparing for a suttee, or widow-burning: beside the Ganges (?) River. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
Reference: 567917i- Books
Sati, the blessing and the curse : the burning of wives in India / edited by John Stratton Hawley.
Date: 1994