A Suttee
 
India. Original steel engraving drawn by Capt. Grindlay, engraved by J. Redaway. 1844. Very good condition. Hand-coloured. 18,5x12cm. Matted.

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  • Suttee. Engraving by Lester, 1820.
  • Suttee. Process print, ca. 1900 (?).
  • Suttee. Engraving after B. Picart, ca. 1730.
  • Suttee. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Suttee. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Suttee. Engraving by Walker, 1785, after S. Wale.
  • An Indian widow being led to suttee. Coloured etching, 1811.
  • Suttee. Gouache painting by a painter of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800.
  • A Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the Emperor Akbar but with his reluctant consent. Gouache.
  • Sati (suttee): a woman immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Suttee, with Lord Hastings shown as accepting bribes to allow its continuation. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1815, after Quiz.
  • A crowd preparing for a suttee, or widow-burning: beside the Ganges (?) River. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A burial suttee: a widow has been placed in a grave beside her dead husband. Engraving after B. Picart, 1729.
  • Sati (suttee): a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre as a large crowd watches. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Sati (suttee): a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre, as a group of people look on. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • 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 (?).
  • Mirror-case. Lacquer painting by a Persian artist (Qajar).
  • Nepal; cremation on the Baghmati river, 1986
  • An Indian woman, about to be burned on her dead husband's funeral pyre. Watercolour drawing by Lady Malet, 1814.

  

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