A Hindu ascetic or holy man, left profile view, meditating outside a temple (?). Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).

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