A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, playing a tambourine. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).

  • Dering, C. B., fl. 19th century.
Date:
1880
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566780i
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A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, playing a tambourine. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The man has short grey hair and trimmed beard and wears beads around his neck, an armlet on his left upper arm and bangles on his left wrist; he wears a saffron loincloth, white mantle, red conical hat and red cloak (?)

Publication/Creation

1880

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour, with gouache ; sheet 20.6 x 14 cm

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Indian fakir. C.B. Dering (?) Lettering: handwritten above and below the image

Reference

Wellcome Collection 566780i

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