Suttee. Gouache painting by a painter of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800.

Date:
[1800?]
Reference:
10952i
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[1800?] (Thanjavur)

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1 painting : gouache ; sheet 37.6 x 29 cm

Lettering

Wife burning with her dead husband Lettering in pencil strengthened in ink Bears label printed with number "Lot 412" and stamped with number "14725"

Notes

A similar painting is in the India Office Library, London (Add. Or. 2533): see Mildred Archer, Company drawings in the India Office Library, London 1972, pp. 26-27

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Wellcome Collection 10952i

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