Title

Tibetan mendicants, c1910. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Tibetan mendicants, c1910. The term mendicant refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to survive. Plate taken from Views of Darjeeling with Typical Native Portraits and Groups by J. Burlington Smith, published by Hood & Co. Ltd (Middlesbrough, c1910).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1910

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C45_315

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,5Mb) / 11,4in x 17,1in / 3416 x 5120 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait people male man men Asian India Asia religious Indian sitting country religion Buddhist Buddhism guy monk monks continent Buddhists poor poverty location century photograph begging Tibet Tibetan artefact concept artifact B&W beggar beggars LEGS CROSSED cross-legged MONOCHROME publication black & white black and white B W 1910s 20th century The Print Collector Hindoostan mendicant TGN direct gaze photograph religious artefact Views of Darjeeling with Typical Native Portraits and Groups Unknown Smith J J Burlington Smith J Burlington J Burlington-Smith Burlington-Smith Hood & Co. Ltd J Burlington Smith Hood & Co. Ltd photograph