Puran Reading in a Temple

Puran Reading in a Temple

c. 1905
13.90x
8.90cm

This image by the Indian painter M.V. Dhurandhar manages to convey a real sense of personality and drama to the situation through the face and gesture of the priest.

Sent to Miss C. Blackwood, R.D. Route No. 11, Corry, Pennsylvania, USA, and postmarked Feb. 27, 1909 in Bombay: "I got Malaria fever the last time I was here, hope to have better luck this trip, it is a most depressing illness, John."