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Plates from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work “L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes” which was published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France – BnF Gallica.
“Manmatha”. VIew 11. Plate 1. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f11.item#.”Le Géant Ravana”. View 15. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f15.item“Anouhma ou Anouhmanla”. View 19, Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f19.item“Soupramany-Samy.” View 23. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f23.itemHariharapoutra. View 39 from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes. Published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris, France. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f39.itemSwaha, épouse d’Agni. View 51. from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes. Published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris, France. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f51.planchecontactVarouna, Dieu des Eaux. View 71. from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes. Published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris, France. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f71.itemKoudongoudouppaigaren. View 203. from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes. Published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris, France. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f203.planchecontact
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