Suttee ceremony, India
Suttee. A widow cremates herself on her husband's funeral pyre. British governors, like Bentinck, attempted to reform social abuses. Female infanticide, slavery and suttee, for example, were common
Picture No
11939143
Media ID
46092522
Size
7019px x 4785px
(19.2MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
From The History of the British Empire in India and the East by Dr E H Nolan, published c.1860.Photograph: John Meek
Date
circa 1860
