An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with left arm raised above his head, and overgrown fingernails. Gouache painting.

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An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with left arm raised above his head, and overgrown fingernails. Gouache painting. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The man has long hair and a long grey beard; his body is smeared with ash and his forehead is decorated with three horizontal lines and a dot; he wears a saffron robe fastened around his chest and a strand of beads around his neck; he carries a staff and a cloth bundle

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1 painting : gouache, with watercolour ; image and border 16.5 x 10.7 cm

Lettering

Fakeer doing penance Lettering: handwritten in ink on verso

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Wellcome Collection 566946i

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