Caption

Hindu representation of the universe surrounded by a snake, the symbol of eternity. Mount Meru represents paradise, the earth below is carried by six elephants, and underneath is the hellish region, which is carried by a toad resting on a snake. Wood engraving from around 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Date

Sep 18, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK25E78_242

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

78,1Mb (2,6Mb) / 20,0in x 15,2in / 6000 x 4552 (300dpi)

Keywords

symbol symbols icon icons deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty black on black eternity astronomy astronomy history drawing drawings sketch Hinduism Hinduism religion religions pause break pauses break in rest break rests soil soils earth distance distances batrachian batrachians Anura Salientia Bufonidae True toad True toads Toad Toads Serpentes Snake Snakes serpent serpents Amphibian Amphibia Amphibians Coleoptera Beetle Beetles bug bugs Insecta Insect Insects wild animal wild animals animals in the wild Wildlife animal animals nature open air illustration illustrations depiction depictions depicting representation representing Reptile Reptilia Reptiles religious digital digitally Hinduist historic historical historically mountainous relax relaxing relaxes relaxing restful relaxed landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo scientific science research sciences scientific research restored contemporary drawn Hindu Hindus date dates universe outer space outer space deep space space woodcut woodcuts xylograph woodprint mountain mountains Mount Mt. Mont Mt restoration restorations reconstruction restoration work refurbishment reconstructions refurbishments depiction depictions image motif image motifs image images motif motifs natural scientific scientific former formerly astronomical astronomic Lepidosauria Lepidosauria Lepidosauria natural science natural sciences Scaled reptile Squamata Scaled reptiles rest resting pause pausing pauses relaxing paradise paradises vintage vintage-styled sketch printing method printing methods natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments reproduction replica replication replicas copy business firm company companies 19th century nineteenth century 1900s 19th-century Historic illustration Historical illustration Historic illustrations Historical illustrations Meru phyllisae Meru phyllisae Meruidae Meru Wood engraving Wood engraving SIX Vertebrate colouring