John Wilkes
India - Holymen, 1811
An original hand-coloured antique copper-engraving
9 ½ x 7 ½ in
24 x 19 cm
24 x 19 cm
INDp1661
Portraits: Holymen. Purana Poori, a sannyasi on his bed of nails, Purrum Soatuntre Perkasanund, sannyasi with his arms atrophied above his head and a yogi, cross-legged in the lotus position...
Portraits: Holymen. Purana Poori, a sannyasi on his bed of nails, Purrum Soatuntre Perkasanund, sannyasi with his arms atrophied above his head and a yogi, cross-legged in the lotus position with a trident symbolic of the god Shiva.