An Indian woman burning herself on the death of her husband.
Artist unknown., After Samuel Wale., At head of ornamental frame: Engraved for Moore's New & complete collection of voyages & travels.
- Abstract
- Depicts an Indian woman sitting on top of her deceased husband's funeral pyre. A crowd of men and women are gathered around the pyre, and more people are gathered on the cliff above. Some are playing musical instruments and some are on horseback, with one person stoking the fire.
- Contributor
- Wale, Samuel, -1786 (Artist), Moore, John Hamilton, -1807 (Contributor)
- Date
- 1778?
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- plate mark 29 x 17 cm, sheet 37 x 24 cm
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Language
- English
- Materials
- 1 print : etching and engraving
- Notes
- Title from caption (Local Note)
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Related Material
- Moore, John Hamilton, -1807. New and complete collection of voyages and travels.
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Moore, John Hamilton, -1807. New and complete collection of voyages and travels
- Technique
- engraving (printing process), etching (printing process)
- Attribution
- Courtesy of Northwestern University Libraries, The works on this web site, from material in the collections of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections of Northwestern University Libraries, are provided for use by its students, faculty and staff, and by other researchers visiting this site, for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. Further distribution and/or any commercial use of the images from this site is not permitted.