An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with left arm raised above his head, accompanied by a boy. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).

Date:
1880
Reference:
566814i
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An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with left arm raised above his head, accompanied by a boy. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The man has long hair and a long grey beard; he wears a saffron robe and carries a staff; the boy wears a saffron loincloth and carries a cloth bundle, a stick and a kamandal (sacred pot); both have smeared their bodies with ashes

Publication/Creation

1880

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour, with gouache ; sheet 13.1 x 8.9 cm

Lettering

Lettering: handwritten in Urdu (?), in Arabic script on the backing sheet, above the image

Reference

Wellcome Collection 566814i

Creator/production credits

Possibly by the same unidentified artist as record number 566403i in this catalogue

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