Color print

Museum number:
17-741
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Accession number:
Acc.4221
Description:
Color print of etching. Titled “Preparation for a Suttee, or the Immolation of a Hindoo Widow”. Riverside procession along temple stairs. Lush forrest in background. Camel and horses, crowd of people dressed in white & colored draped garments (saris?). Size: frame 32.5 cm X 43 cm. Picture: 29 cm x 22 cm. Simple black wood frame, no matte.
Donor:
David G. Mandelbaum
Collection place:
London, England
Verbatim coll. place:
From a drawing by Capt’n Grindlay. Etched by J. WIllis & H. Melville, Engraved by R. G. Reeve. Published by Smith, Elder & Co, Cornhill, London.
Culture or time period:
Hindu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Color prints (prints)
Accession date:
March 1, 1987
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Color print, accession number 17-741, described as Color print of etching. Titled “Preparation for a Suttee, or the Immolation of a Hindoo Widow”. Riverside procession along temple stairs. Lush forrest in background. Camel and horses, crowd of people dressed in white & colored draped garments (saris?). Size: frame 32.5 cm X 43 cm. Picture: 29 cm x 22 cm. Simple black wood frame, no matte.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Color print, accession number 17-741, described as Color print of etching. Titled “Preparation for a Suttee, or the Immolation of a Hindoo Widow”. Riverside procession along temple stairs. Lush forrest in background. Camel and horses, crowd of people dressed in white & colored draped garments (saris?). Size: frame 32.5 cm X 43 cm. Picture: 29 cm x 22 cm. Simple black wood frame, no matte.

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