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'Ceremony of burning a Hindu widow with the body of her late husband', 1847. Artist: Unknown
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Title:
'Ceremony of burning a Hindu widow with the body of her late husband', 1847. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
'Ceremony of burning a Hindu widow with the body of her late husband', 1847. Suttee was an Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847).London 1847.
Credit:
Album / The Print Collector / Heritage Images
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Image size:
5246 x 3335 px | 50.1 MB
Print size:
44.4 x 28.2 cm | 17.5 x 11.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19TH CENTURY • ARBOL • AUTODAFE • B & W • B / W • B SOLWYN; SOLWYN • B&W • B • BARBARIC • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BODY • BODY, THE • BURNING AT STAKE • BURNING CORPSES • BURNING OF HERETICS • BURNING • CADAVER • CENTURY • CONCEPT • CORNER • CORPS • CORPSE • COUNTRY • CREMATION • CRIME • CRUEL • CRUELTY • DEAD BODY • DEATH AT STAKE • DEATH AT THE STAKE • DEATH • ENGRAVING • FEMALE • FIREWOOD • FORCE • FORCING • FUNERAL CREMATION • FUNERAL PYRE • FUNERAL • GUY • HINDOOSTAN • HUSBAND • INCINERATION • INDIA • INDIAN • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • JULIA CORNER • JULIA PARLEY • JULIA • LADY • LOCATION • LOVECHILD • MALE • MAN • MARRIAGE • MEN • MISS (JULIA) • MISS CORNER • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • MOURNER • MOURNING • MURDER • MURDERING • NAKED • NAKEDNESS • NATURE • NINETEENTH CENTURY • NUDE • NUDITY • PALM TREE • PARLEY • PEOPLE • PLANT • SATI • SETTING ON FIRE • SLAUGHTER • SLAUGHTERING • SOLOMON LOVECHILD • SOLOMON • STAKE (EXECUTION) • STAKE, DEATH BY BURNING • SUTTEE • THOMAS LOVECHILD • THOMAS PARLEY • THOMAS • TREE • TREES • WIDOW BURNING • WIDOW CREMATION • WIDOW • WILDERNESS • WOMAN • WOMEN
