Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A Fakir man and wife of south India. Gouache painting.
A Fakir man and wife of south India. Gouache painting.
Wellcome Collection

A Fakir man and wife of south India. Gouache painting.

1815

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Fakier cast. Religion mendicant. Worshippers of Mahomet. Travel about. They marry. Language Arabic and Hindustanee: reside chiefly among their own sect on the Malabar coast and other places. Women left always at home.

🔒
Order museum-quality prints

Sign in to order prints, canvas, and more of this work. Browsing and full-resolution downloads stay free.

More from Wellcome Collection

Above, two wading birds (plovers) and a pipe fish; below, a pike, a pilchard and three different pipe fishes. Coloured etching.
Wellcome Collection
Above, two wading birds (plovers) and a pipe fish; below, a pike, a pilchard and three different pipe fishes. Coloured etching.
Unknown artist
John Conolly. Lithograph by T. M. Bayes after T. Kirkby.
Wellcome Collection
John Conolly. Lithograph by T. M. Bayes after T. Kirkby.
T. M. Bayes
Elinour Rummin, a well known landlady of an ale-house. Line engraving.
Wellcome Collection
Elinour Rummin, a well known landlady of an ale-house. Line engraving.
Unknown artist
Saint John the Baptist. Etching by G.A. Lorenzini after Annibale Carracci after A. Correggio.
Wellcome Collection
Saint John the Baptist. Etching by G.A. Lorenzini after Annibale Carracci after A. Correggio.
Unknown artist