Hindu Fakirs - Steel Engraving by R. Bell after Bernard Picart - 19th C.
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Original steel engraving with Hindu fakirs performing their rites beneath the great banyan, among pagodas, brahmins and devotees; the thirteen scenes are numbered and explained one by one in the key printed below. Engraved by R. Bell and published by A. Fullarton & Co. of London and Edinburgh.
Original steel engraving with Hindu fakirs performing their rites beneath the great banyan, among pagodas, brahmins and devotees; the thirteen scenes are numbered and explained one by one in the key printed below. Engraved by R. Bell and published by A. Fullarton & Co. of London and Edinburgh.
The composition is the one Bernard Picart cut for his Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, the great illustrated encyclopedia of religions published in Amsterdam from 1723 onward and copied for more than a century.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: After Bernard Picart (1673-1733).
Engraver: R. Bell.
Publisher: A. Fullarton & Co., London and Edinburgh.
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.5 in (27.5 x 19 cm).
Condition: Good condition; paper somewhat toned, with a small tear at the upper edge of the sheet, outside the image.
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Original steel engraving with Hindu fakirs performing their rites beneath the great banyan, among pagodas, brahmins and devotees; the thirteen scenes are numbered and explained one by one in the key printed below. Engraved by R. Bell and published by A. Fullarton & Co. of London and Edinburgh.