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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A man tends a Hindu altar on a stepped dais, sheltered by a canopy. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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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