A man tends a Hindu altar on a stepped dais, sheltered by a canopy. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
- Date:
- 1880
- Reference:
- 567014i
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The dais appears to be on a walled verandah, with trees and sky in the distance; the man places four seashells on the altar around a statuette representing a three-headed snake (?); in the foreground, a bearded sadhu (holy man) carries a sword, while three other sadhus are visible in the background
Publication/Creation
1880
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 26.5 x 41.5 cm
Lettering
Fakir's shrine at the f(?)air
Lettering: handwritten in pencil near the lower edge of the image
Reference
Wellcome Collection 567014i
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