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  • Lord Ellenborough as a dancing girl in a Hindu temple; representing press allegations that, as Governor-General of India, he favoured Hinduism over Islam in his policy towards the gates of the temple at Somnath. Wood engraving by or after J.K. Meadows, 1843.
  • Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.
  • Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.
  • Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.
  • A holy man with two tigers. Watercolour drawing, 186- (?).
  • Brahman priest and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A woman giving her husband some betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • A begging Brahman raising his begging bowl to accept a gift from a woman. Gouache drawing.
  • A Hindu ascetic hanging from hooks through his back (called "cetil"). Line engraving, 1791.
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  • A Hindu ascetic hanging from hooks through his back (called "cetil"). Line engraving, 1791.
  • Indian goldsmiths at work. Gouache drawing.
  • A man carrying Holy water with his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Banyan tree with Hindu shrine at Gaya, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by T. Daniell, 1796.
  • Banyan tree with Hindu shrine at Gaya, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by T. Daniell, 1796.
  • A goat about to be beheaded as a Hindu ritual in honour of the goddess Kālī. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.
  • Indian silk weaver and spinner with wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Brahman. Gouache drawing.
  • A Hindu praying to a shrine accompanied by a young lady. Gouache drawing.
  • Two begging Brahmans carrying a religious altar and symbols. Gouache drawing.
  • Banyan tree with Hindu temples at Agori, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • A woman giving alms to a beggar outside a temple to Lord Shiva. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Kavady-kerah and wife: holy water carrier. Gouache drawing.
  • A Brahman. Gouache drawing.
  • Two Hindu musicians and a highly decorated cow with the symbol of Hanuman painted on its forehead. Gouache drawing.
  • A religious figure possibly Shiva being offered food and offerings by two worshippers and two angels. Gouache drawing.
  • A battle. Gouache drawing.
  • Indian washerman and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A man from Mysore being handed some betel leaves by his wife. Gouache drawing.