Indian man of the Vishnu sect. In turban, tilaka marking on the forehead, long dhoti and white cloth robes, pointed slippers. Indien de la secte de Vichenou. 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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