A Suttee

East India Company, fl. 1861-1877 A Suttee

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GLC#
GLC08878.0189-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1861-1877
Author/Creator
East India Company, fl. 1861-1877
Title
A Suttee
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 print : b&w Height: 22 cm, Width: 14.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

One engraving entitled "A Suttee" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a Indian ritualistic suicide. A female figure sits atop her deceased husbands funeral pyre. A crowd of men and women observe the ritual. Caption notes "from a drawing in the possession of the Hon: E. I. C." (aka Honorable East India Company).

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