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WD4033
- Record Id:
- 040-003287825
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287798
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000036
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4033
- Title:
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At left an ascetic wearing an elaborate headdress and arm bands with a group of followers, on the banks of the Ganges. In the centre people are clustered round a dying man on a charpoy, on the right is the carcass of a cow. Artist(s): Prinsep, William
- Scope & Content:
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At left an ascetic wearing an elaborate headdress and arm bands with a group of followers, on the banks of the Ganges. In the centre people are clustered round a dying man on a charpoy, on the right is the carcass of a cow surrounded by vultures, crows, crocodiles and an hyena.
23 by 67 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287798
040-003287825 - Is part of:
- PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874) : PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874) William Prinsep came of a family which served in India for several generations. Its…
WD4033 : At left an ascetic wearing an elaborate headdress and arm bands with a group of followers, on the banks of the Ganges. In the centre… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287798[0027]/040-003287825
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1849
- Date Range:
- 1830s-1840s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Patricia Kattenhorn, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume III, 267
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Prinsep, William, 1794-1874
- Subjects:
- Animals
Ascetics
Cattle
Hindus
Occupations
ethnic and religious groups
mammals
rivers and lakes - Places:
- Ganges, River, India