A group of men stand around the body of a man laid out on a pyre of logs during a Hindu cremation ceremony in Bombay at the time of the plague. Photograph, 1896/1897.

1896

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen, gold toned ; sheet 20 x 26.5 cm

No. 2 - Cremation ceremony in the Hindu burning ground during the time of plague. ... Lettering printed on small separate sheet and attached to mount, continues: "The pile of wood is supported latterally by two iron stakes driven into the ground at each side, 5 cwts. of wood are used for burning of an adult body. At the left hand side a body just brought in and still enveloped in cloth, awaits cremation. The ashes of the body are collected and thrown into the sea"

Wellcome Collection 37093i