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This is a Faquiror holy mendicant, who inflicts upon himself extreme pain and intolerable austerities, under the idea of such punishments being acceptable to the deity, some keep their limbs in distressing positions. The plate is from The Costume of Hindostan.

Belgian marine artist Frans Balthazar Solvyns lived in Calcutta between 1791 and 1803 and is considered one of the earliest printmakers in India, besides Thomas Daniell. During his time in India, he documented 18th-century Indian culture and habitats, including the people, their occupations, festivals and religious customs.

SIZE –12 x 9 in.

MEDIUM-Aquatint (Mounted for Protection)

YEAR-1807

EXPORTABLE-No

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