File:Thugs Strangling Traveller.jpg

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DescriptionThugs Strangling Traveller.jpg
English: A group of Thugs strangling a traveller on a highway in India in the early 19th century. One member of the group is gripping the traveller's feet, another his hands, while a third member is tightening the ligature around the traveller's neck.

According to Dash (2005: pp.168-169), it was drawn by an Indian artist in Lucknow in 1837, based on Thug testimony. Wagner (2012: pp.143,147) describes one of Paton's illustrations in his unpublished manuscript Collections on Thuggee and Dacoitee thus: "a sleeping man is quietly put to eternal rest". This specific illustration was reproduced by Fanny Eden (1988: pp.121-122) in January 1838 from sketches sent to her by Paton.
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Source From Frances Pritchett's web site, Columbia University, originally from the British Library
Author Anonymous Indian artist. Made for Capt. James Paton, Assistant to the British Resident at Lucknow

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