Ghat on the Ganges (?): a crowd preparing for a suttee, or widow-burning. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, J. Willis and H. Melville after R.M. Grindlay, ca. 1830 (?).

  • Grindlay, Robert Melville.
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[1830? (?)]
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567821i
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Ghat on the Ganges (?): a crowd preparing for a suttee, or widow-burning. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, J. Willis and H. Melville after R.M. Grindlay, ca. 1830 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (Cornhill) : published by Smith, Elder & Co., [1830? (?)]

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1 print : etching and aquatint, with watercolour ; image 21.5 x 28.5 cm

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Preparation for a suttee, or the immolation of a Hindoo widow ; from a drawing by Captn. Grindlay. Etchd. by J. Willis & H. Melville. Engd. by R.G. Reeve

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Wellcome Collection 567821i

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