A suttee : preparing for the immolation of a Hindoo widow
"Engraved by permission from Captain Grindlay's work in 8vo. coloured."
- Abstract
- Depicts a crowd preparing for a sati on the steps in front a temple. First appeared in Captain Grindlay's Scenery, costumes and architecture (1830), with caption "Preparation for a suttee, or, The immolation of a Hindoo widow," engraved by R.G. Reeve.
- Contributor
- Redaway, James C., active 1818-1857 (Engraver), Grindlay, Robert Melville (Artist), Fisher, Son & Co. (Publisher)
- Date
- 1844
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- image 12 x 19 cm, on sheet 21 x 27 cm
- Genre
- engravings (prints)
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Language
- English
- Materials
- 1 print
- Notes
- drawn by Capt. Grindlay ; engraved by J. Redaway. (Statement of Responsibility), Title from caption. (Local Note)
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Related Material
- Also appears in: Fisher, Son & Co. Fisher's drawing room scrap-book, 1836, page 7.
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Fisher's drawing room scrap-book
- Technique
- engraving (printing process)
- Attribution
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