Sati was not practiced by Hindus!
Descripton:In the centre, suttee. Left background, a man swinging on hooks. Right, Brahmin priests bribing the 2nd Earl of Moira (from 7 December 1816 1st Marquess of Hastings), Governor General of Bengal, to allow suttee, with the agreement of Thomas Middleton, first bishop of Calcutta.
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Suttee. Engraving by Walker after Wale. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/aryz2qke
Suttee. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1880 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kju6nm5h
Sati (suttee): a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre as a large crowd watches. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/jq59gd5c/items?sierraId=
Ghat on the Ganges (?): a crowd preparing for a suttee, or widow-burning. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, J. Willis and H. Melville after R.M. Grindlay, ca. 1830 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/z84gjhmu
An Indian widow being led to suttee. Coloured etching, 1811. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kqb9h5m6/items?sierraId=&langCode=eng
Suttee. Gouache painting by a painter of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/txhk9hx4/items?sierraId=&langCode=eng
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