Fakir sitting on a bed of nails, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, anonymous, c. 1895 - c. 1915

Title(s)

Fakir sitting on a bed of nails, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-00-5347-13B

Inscriptions / marks

• annotation: ‘13b Benares (Fakir).’

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Varanasi

Dating

c. 1895 - c. 1915

Material

• paper
• cardboard

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 198 mm × width 152 mm
height 244 mm × width 164 mm

Where

• Benares

Credit line

• Gift of J.C.P. Bierens de Haan

Acquisition

gift

Copyright

Public domain

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