Came across a bunch of interesting rare Hindu images over at the Life Magazine archive [
Link]. A group of engraving caught my interest. As these images came with bare minimum information (simply tagged 'REL ORIE Hindu GODS'), it took me quite some time to figure out that the fascinating images were in fact engraving (from 1722) by French artist
Bernard Picart (b Paris, 11 June 1673; d Amsterdam, 8 May 1733) as appearing in William Hurd's 'Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations (Vol. 3, 1780)'. Picart never left Europe, most of these engravings were based on accounts of various travelers and the sculptures that they brought with them.
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| Ixora/Siva/Mahadev |
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| Shiv. Brahma. Ganesh. |
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| Scene at a Hindu temple |
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| Hindu Trinity or Trimurti |
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| Ten Incarnations of Vishnu |
A collection of engraving devoted to each incarnation:
In addition to the images of these gods we have this intriguing image of sea-warfare of Marathas.
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Previously:
Hindu Dieties by Pierre Sonnerat (1774-81).
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