A Hindu ascetic or holy man, left profile view, meditating outside a temple (?). Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
- Date:
- 1880
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- 566612i
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The man is seated, gazing upwards, partially obscured by rocks, holding a string of beads in his right hand. He wears a saffron robe fastened around his chest and two strands of beads around his neck. He has long hair and a short beard. His body is covered with ashes and his forehead and upper body decorated with red and yellow streaks. There is a tree and vegetation in the background
Publication/Creation
1880
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour, with gouache ; image and border 14.1 x 10.5 cm
Lettering
Lettering: artist's signature (?) in Urdu (?) handwritten in pencil on verso
Reference
Wellcome Collection 566612i
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