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Page 81: a bearded man offering a fish to the sun god, Surya, with two attendants. Watercolour drawing.

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

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 33 x 26 cm

A Brahmin praying to the Sun-god. Coloured lithograph, 1851.

Vishnu appears as the incarnation of Narayan, Lamp of After Life. Yama leads the supreme sinner Shr̄stha papi before Narayan and Lakshmi to pass judgement, under two marked bells, pap (sin) and punya (merit)

Yama leading a sinner (Shristha papi) for an audience with Vishnu (as Narayan) and Lakshmi with a surrounding border of symbols, temple and court. Transfer lithograph.

1 painting : gouache painting, with pencil ; image 5.4 x 4.5 cm

Surya, the sun god, riding a chariot pulled by seven white horses. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Surya means the sun or its deity. He is one of the three chief deities in the Vedas, as a great source of light and warmth

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Page 81: a bearded man offering a fish to the sun god, Surya, with two attendants. Watercolour drawing.

A Brahmin praying to the Sun-god. Coloured lithograph, 1851.

Yama leading a sinner (Shristha papi) for an audience with Vishnu (as Narayan) and Lakshmi with a surrounding border of symbols, temple and court. Transfer lithograph.

Surya, the sun god, riding a chariot pulled by seven white horses. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Surya the sun deity driving in his chariot. Gouache drawing.

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Page 81: a bearded man offering a fish to the sun god, Surya, with two attendants. Watercolour drawing.

A Brahmin praying to the Sun-god. Coloured lithograph, 1851.

Yama leading a sinner (Shristha papi) for an audience with Vishnu (as Narayan) and Lakshmi with a surrounding border of symbols, temple and court. Transfer lithograph.

Surya, the sun god, riding a chariot pulled by seven white horses. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Surya the sun deity driving in his chariot. Gouache drawing.

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