Famine in India, 1897
Sketches recording the famine in India in 1897. Top picture shows Nepaulese authorities stopping Bengal traders from smuggling grain across the border by breaking up their cart and confiscated cattle. Bottom left picture shows starving women searching for water crabs to feed their families. Bottom right image depicts an emaciated corpse, witnessed by the correspondent for The Graphic, Lionel James
Picture No
12284726
Media ID
46127602
Size
5038px x 3859px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by C. J. Staniland in The Graphic, 27 March 1897
Date
1897
