Artists: Captain Robert Melville Grindlay, after. The portrait painter to the King of Delhi, after.
Engravers: Robert Hinshelwood. F. E. Jones.
Titles: Preparing for the immolation of a Hindoo widow. Zeenat Mahal_Begum or Queen of Delhi.
Titled and Signed in plate: Engraved for the Ladies' Repository.
Date: 1869.
Materials and Techniques: Two color steel engravings on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Ladies' Repository.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XIX C.
Note:
- The Ladies' Repository was a monthly periodical based in Cincinnati and produced by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. From 1841 to 1876, the magazine devoted itself to literature, arts and doctrines of Methodism, containing articles, poetry, fictions, engravings, and notes of interest to its readers.
The act of a Hindu widow willingly or unwillingly immolating herself on her deceased husband's funeral pyre is known as Sati or Suttee.
Zeenat Mahal Begum, often called the Queen of Delhi, was the youngest and favorite wife of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.