M. Dumont D’Urville. Hindu Widow throwing himself into the fire. 1834.

Print of steel engraving titled „Veuve Hindoue se jetant dans le bucher“.

Author Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville.

Engraved by unknown.

From „Voyage pittoresque Autour du Monde, resume general des voyages decouvertes, public sous la direction de M. Dumont D’Urville, a Paris, chez L. Tenre, Libraire-Editeur, 1834.

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer, naval officer and rear admiral, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer he left his mark, giving his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs, and places such as D'Urville Island.

Hindu has historically been used as a geographical, cultural or religious identifier for people indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. In contemporary use, Hindu refers to anyone who regards himself or herself as culturally, ethnically or religiously adhering with aspects of Hinduism.

Approx. image size 12, 6 x 9, 6/17, 3 x 13, 7 cm.Condition: good.

Condition: good.