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A Brahmin praying to the Sun-god. Coloured lithograph, 1851.
- Belnos, S. C., Mrs
- Date
- 1851
- Reference
- 587480i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A Brahmin performs worship to Surya, who personifies the sun and is regarded as the source of light and warmth. Surya controls the seasons and has the power to grant or withhold the ripening of crops, so is greatly revered throughout India
Publication/Creation
[London] : [publisher not identified], 1851 ([London] : Day & Son)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 33 x 26 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Pooja of Soorya.
References note
Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 477.21
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 587480i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores