An Indian woman, about to be burned on her dead husband's funeral pyre. Watercolour drawing by Lady Malet, 1814.

  • Malet, Susanna Wales, Lady, 1779-1868.
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1814
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567811i
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1814

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1 drawing : watercolour, with pencil ; sheet 21.9 x 17.6 cm

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Portrait of a suttee, or Brahmin woman, who burnt herself with her husband's body at Poonah; in the yellow robe of marital bliss, in which she dressed for the awful ceremony ; an original sketch by Lady Malet, 1814 Lettering: handwritten on a separate piece of paper, laid down on the same backing sheet

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Wellcome Collection 567811i

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