Scene inside a pagoda of the Indian goddess Kamaetzma, with a man seen at center standing on a ladder that disappears into a hole in the floor. The man's left arm is extended, and he has apparently just added to the pile of fruit and flowers on the floor. Additional fruits are stacked in baskets behind the man on the right. Beside the hole, to the left of the man, sits a naked child adorned with flowers. In the background are statues of various multi-armed deities, mounted animal heads, and a bell hung from the wall
Alternative Title:
Inside view of the pagoda of Kamaetzma
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with added publication line, of a plate from: Hurd, W. A new universal history of the religious rites, ceremonies, and customs of the whole world ... London : Printed for Alexander Hogg, [1780?]., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of text above image., and Temporary local subject terms: Cherubs.
Publisher:
Published by Alexr. Hogg
Subject (Geographic):
India
Subject (Topic):
Religion, Rites and ceremonies, Interiors, Pagodas, Ladders, Children, Fruit, and Idols
Title from item., From: The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World, London: Printed by William Jackson, 1733-1739., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
William Jackson
Subject (Topic):
Circumcision, Religious aspects, Judaism, Rites and ceremonies, Rabbis, Infants, Knives, Chairs, Wine, and Spectators
Saint Giles without Cripplegate Parish Church (London, England)
Published / Created:
[ca. 1756]
Call Number:
File 646 17-- D952+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An invitation to the ancient ceremony of beating the bounds, with a large view of St. Giles's from the south (figures include a strolling couple, a playing boy, and a cripple with his dog) and a vignette of the church. The form has blanks left for the signatures of the stewards as well as the date (day, month, and the two numbers for the decade) and place of dining to be written in by hand
Alternative Title:
Sir, you are desired to meet the rest of your parishioners on [blank] the [blank] of [blank] at [blank]
Description:
Title from first lines of text etched below image., Date of publication based on the manuscript signatures of the churchwardens and overseers, which are dated 1756-1757., Text below title begins: Sir, you are desired to meet the rest of your parishioners on [blank] the [blank] of [blank] at [blank] ..., At top of plate, the arms of Sir Benjamin Maddow and the text: Ex dono Benj. Maddox Barrti. June 1709., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three edges.
Publisher:
The Church stewards
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Saint Giles without Cripplegate Parish Church (London, England)
