Picture Details
Banyan tree with many trunks
Partner:
Wellcome Library, LondonImage reference:
V0043038Origin:
IndiaArtist / Date:
W. Stoker, D. Redman after James Forbes., 1811Description:
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Lithograph on paper. A The banyan tree is a sacred tree of the Hindus (Krishnae with cup-shaped leaves) and its spreading form means it is used as a shelter. Taken from Oriental Memoirs, Forbes, James (1813). London. Vol. 1.
Bibliographic Info:
Forbes, James. (1813). Oriental Memoirs. London. Vol. 1.
