Veuve indienne enterrée vivante auprès de son époux.
Artist unknown., At head of title: Asie
- Abstract
- Depicts five men gathered around an Indian widow who has begun her descent down a ladder into a hole where her husband has been buried. The widow is dressed in a white saree, her hands are folded in a praying position, and she and the men and are wearing the bindi.
- Date
- 1811?
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- image 15 x 11 cm, sheet 27 x 22 cm
- Genre
- engravings (prints)
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Language
- French
- Materials
- 1 print : hand-colored
- Notes
- Title from caption. (Local Note), Trimmed within plate mark on left side. (Local Note)
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Related Material
- Appears in: Moeurs et coutumes des peuples, ou, Collection de tableaux répresentant les usages remarquables, les mariages, funérailles, supplices et fêtes des diverses nations du monde. De l'imprimerie de Me Ve Jeunehomme. Paris : Chez Madame Veuve Hocquart, 1811. Tome 1.
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Moeurs et coutumes des peuples, ou, Collection de tableaux répresentant les usages remarquables, les mariages, funérailles, supplices et fêtes des diverses nations du monde.
- Subject
- Sati, Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies, Widows, India
- Technique
- engraving (printing process)
- Attribution
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