Bride and groom riding in a palanquin during a wedding promenade. The couple lounge on cushions in the litter. Devadasi women temple dancers dance and musicians accompany them on horns and drum. Servants hold a flag and parasol. Les deux epoux dans un palanquin faisant en grande pompe une Promenade. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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