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Gouache painting of a seated deity in a chariot pulled by black-and-white birds, with a reclining blue-skinned body on green grass before a palace.

Dhumavati in a bird-drawn chariot before a dead body

A seated figure with a golden halo rides a red-wheeled chariot drawn by black-and-white birds with spread wings. Before them lies a blue-skinned body in orange cloth on green grass, with a palace, palms and river in the distance, painted in gouache within an oval frame.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2997 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Virtues and AllegoriesNatural HistoryGods and Epics of India19th centurygouache paintingindian paintingoval compositionhindu goddessfolk paintinghindu mythologydead bodiesraven

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