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A burial suttee: a widow has been placed in a grave beside her dead husband. Engraving after B. Picart, 1729.
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A burial suttee: a widow has been placed in a grave beside her dead husband. Engraving after B. Picart, 1729.

Bernard Picart · 1729

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Lettering: Maniéres dont elles s'enterrent toutes vivantes avec le corps de leurs époux. B. Picart del. 1729.

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