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Four male ascetics

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Date

ca. 1830

Artist

Unknown Artist (Company School)

Collective Title

A volume of thirty folios depicting castes, occupations, methods of cultivation and procession scenes.

Collection

Victoria & Albert Museum

Image Link

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O20160

Description

Four male ascetics:
1. A Bhairagi (Vaishnavite devotee), in a loin cloth, carrying a lota and a rosary.
2. A mendicant (gosain)
3. A non-Brahmin Karnataka priest.
4. A fakir carrying a fan and a bird in a cage.
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Descriptive Medium

Watercolour and gouache on paper

Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

©Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Location

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Country

Medium

Tags

Historical Figures
Portraits
People

Category

People & Society

Glossary
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