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India: an Indian sunnyasi, 1912-12

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/318

Scope and Contents

Photograph of unnamed Indian sunnyasi. His arms are outstretched vertically, showing signs of atrophy. Taken at Benares. Commercial photograph, 28.2 x 21.3. Inscribed on back, by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, 'Benares Dec. / 12. This chap, I was told, had lost the power ever to let his arms down. They've grown like that into a malformation. 'Tantum religio'. He was an educated man, and an ex-government official. I did not see him'. (Sleeve 127)

Dates

  • Creation: 1912-12

Creator

Extent

1 item(s) (1 item in box album) : photographic print

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

EMF/B108/8

Date information

DateText: Before Dec. 1912. Date has been supplied.

Finding aid date

1999-07-24 14:02:20+00:00

Genre / Form

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

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