Indian sati or suttee ritual. A widow throws herself onto her late husband's funeral pyre. Handcoloured copperplate engraved and drawn by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

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