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Creator:
Print made by James Redaway, 1797–1858
Copy of print after Robert Melville Grindlay, 1786–1877
Drawn by Robert Melville Grindlay, 1786–1877
Published by Fisher, Son & Co., active 1821–1848
Title:
A Suttee
Additional Title(s):
A Sati
Date:
1844
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.6 × 26.7 cm), Image: 4 3/4 × 7 3/8 inches (12.1 × 18.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered below image: "Drawn by Capt. Grindlay. | Engraved by permission from Captain Grindlay's Work in 8vo coloured. | Engraved by J. Redaway. | A SUTTEE. | Preparing for the Immolation of a Hindoo Widow. | Fisher, Son & Co. London 1844"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2017.7.26
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | funeral | landscape | pyre | religious and mythological subject | widow
Associated Places:
India
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:75760
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