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  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man, left profile view, meditating outside a temple (?). Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: with two rods piercing his upper arms, and holding a trident in each hand. Coloured stipple engraving, 1828.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man at Srirangam Temple: sitting cross-legged on a mat. Process print after J. Pedder, ca. 1890.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: walking, wearing a cap, loincloth, tigerskin and raised sandals (pattens). Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a saffron robe and with a metal rack (?) placed around his neck. Gouache painting.
  • India : a gathering of Hindu ascetics (sadhus) at a religious festival: in the background, the Union flag flies over a British military fortification. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: suspended upside down over a small fire by cords tied around his ankles. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man, at Haridwar: seated, holding a fan. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and sandals. Gouache painting.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with his right arm raised above his head. Drawing, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Two Hindu ascetics: left, a woman wearing saffron robes, brimless hat and slippers and smoking a hookah; right, a barefoot man wearing a saffron loincloth and a tigerskin, and carrying a spear and sword in a scabbard. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • A sadhu or sannyasi carrying a trident over his shoulders. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A man tends a Hindu altar on a stepped dais, sheltered by a canopy. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Three Hindu ascetics walking on burning embers. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • Two Hindu ascetics or holy men, one holding a sword in a scabbard (left), the other smoking a hookah (right). Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A young Indian boy, wearing many beads and carrying a kettle, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.