EditorialSati Hasoon al-Azawi, a tribal sheikh who said that he had many offers from developers to buy his land, in his date garden in Baghdad, Oct. 14, 2022. (Emily Garthwaite/The New York Times)
EditorialGreat St.Leger horse race. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. Doncaster, Great St.Leger Race, & characters on the Turf'. Image taken from The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, sati...
EditorialQuilt with Buildings, Animals, and Coats of Arms. United States, New York, or Great Britain. Date: 1880-1900. Dimensions: 261.3 x 261 cm (102 7/8 x 102 3/4 in.). Appliqu?d and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton, wool and silk plain, twill, sati...
EditorialThe rite of sati. A woman is seated in the midst of a funeral pyre, her husband's body beside her; two crowds of people attend on either side. In the distant landscape, the funeral procession is seen approaching the site. Lucknow, c.1780. Tinted drawin...
EditorialThe rite of sati. A woman is seated in the midst of a funeral pyre, her husband's body beside her; two crowds of people attend on either side. In the distant landscape, the funeral procession is seen approaching the site. Lucknow, c.1780. Tinted drawin...
EditorialA Sati or Widow-burning, 1831. A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background. The corpse is lying on the lighted funeral pyre with one wife stretched beside, while another is seen approaching. A trumpet is sounding and a number of spe...
EditorialChundoo Lal's sati Ghaut [Hyderabad]. View of riverside ghat, looking across the Musi towards the temple on the far side and the Old Bridge on the left. Photograph. 1908. Source: Photo 1024/(49).
EditorialIndian sati or suttee ritual. A widow throws herself onto her late husband's funeral pyre. Handcoloured copperplate engraved and drawn by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Ital...
EditorialWedding dress with puffed sleeves Gown with a trailing skirt and puffed sleeves Dress in silk with a woven pattern of an oval with a circle, high waist and short sleeves, ankle-length skirt and trimmed along the hem and puff sleeves with a ream of sati...
EditorialQuilt with Buildings, Animals, and Coats of Arms. United States, New York, or Great Britain. Date: 1880-1900. Dimensions: 261.3 x 261 cm (102 7/8 x 102 3/4 in.). Appliqu?d and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton, wool and silk plain, twill, sati...
EditorialCope. Italy or Sicily. Date: 1601-1675. Dimensions: 135.4 x 289.7 cm (53 3/8 x 114 1/8 in.). Silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal-strips in crossed back, running, sati...
EditorialQuilt with Buildings, Animals, and Coats of Arms. United States, New York, or Great Britain. Date: 1880-1900. Dimensions: 261.3 x 261 cm (102 7/8 x 102 3/4 in.). Appliqu?d and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton, wool and silk plain, twill, sati...
EditorialCope. Italy or Sicily. Date: 1601-1675. Dimensions: 135.4 x 289.7 cm (53 3/8 x 114 1/8 in.). Silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal-strips in crossed back, running, sati...
EditorialA Sati or Widow-burning, 1831. A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background. The corpse is lying on the lighted funeral pyre with one wife stretched beside, while another is seen approaching. A trumpet is sounding and a number of spe...
EditorialShiva Bearing Aloft the Body of His Sati, 1800s. India, Calcutta, Kalighat painting, 19th century. Black ink, watercolor, and tin paint, with graphite underdrawing on paper; secondary support: 48 x 29.1 cm (18 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.); painting only: 45.6 x ...
EditorialCope. Italy or Sicily. Date: 1601-1675. Dimensions: 135.4 x 289.7 cm (53 3/8 x 114 1/8 in.). Silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal-strips in crossed back, running, sati...
EditorialQuilt with Buildings, Animals, and Coats of Arms. United States, New York, or Great Britain. Date: 1880-1900. Dimensions: 261.3 x 261 cm (102 7/8 x 102 3/4 in.). Appliqu?d and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton, wool and silk plain, twill, sati...
EditorialCope. Italy or Sicily. Date: 1601-1675. Dimensions: 135.4 x 289.7 cm (53 3/8 x 114 1/8 in.). Silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal-strips in crossed back, running, sati...
EditorialIndian sati or suttee ritual. A widow throws herself onto her late husband's funeral pyre. Handcoloured copperplate engraved and drawn by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Ital...
EditorialA Sati or Widow-burning, 1831. A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background. The corpse is lying on the lighted funeral pyre with one wife stretched beside, while another is seen approaching. A trumpet is sounding and a number of spe...
EditorialIndian sati or suttee ritual. A widow throws herself onto her late husband's funeral pyre. Handcoloured copperplate engraved and drawn by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Ital...
EditorialThe rite of sati. A woman is seated in the midst of a funeral pyre, her husband's body beside her; two crowds of people attend on either side. In the distant landscape, the funeral procession is seen approaching the site. Lucknow, c.1780. Tinted drawin...
EditorialA Sati or Widow-burning, 1831. A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background. The corpse is lying on the lighted funeral pyre with one wife stretched beside, while another is seen approaching. A trumpet is sounding and a number of spe...
EditorialGreat St.Leger horse race. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. Doncaster, Great St.Leger Race, & characters on the Turf'. Image taken from The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, sati...
EditorialChundoo Lal's sati Ghaut [Hyderabad]. View of riverside ghat, looking across the Musi towards the temple on the far side and the Old Bridge on the left. Photograph. 1908. Source: Photo 1024/(49).
EditorialIndian sati or suttee ritual. A widow throws herself onto her late husband's funeral pyre. Handcoloured copperplate engraved and drawn by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Ital...
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