AN OORIA OR ORISSA BRAHMUN, OFFERING HIS DEVOTIONS TO THE

When they repeat muntras or holy texts of counting their beads, the ceremony is often performed under their drapery, and sometimes with their hands and beads in a bag, and the Hindoos being obliged to be intolerably secret in a religious matters .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)

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