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A Hindu ascetic or holy man performing self-torture, accompanied by a woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
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A Hindu ascetic or holy man performing self-torture, accompanied by a woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).

1800

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: [Indistinct] ; beggars. Lettering: indistinct, handwritten in the bottom margin.

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