An Hindoo Woman throwing herself on the funeral pyre of her Husband, Frederic Shoberl, 1820s

"a hindoo widow burning herself with the corpse of her husband"* by frederic shoberl, from 'the world in miniature: hindoostan' (london: r. Ackerman, 1820's)* source: ebay, aug. 2005. Date: 1820s.