India – Porom Houngse hand coloured etching by Solvyns, Francois Balthazar - from the…

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India – Porom Houngse hand coloured etching by Solvyns, Francois Balthazar - from the…

India – Porom Houngse hand coloured etching by Solvyns, Francois Balthazar - from the Paris edition of Les Hindous, Paris Chez L’ Auteur 1808-1812. The species of Faquirs called Purrum-hungse in the belief of the superstitious Hindoo, is a man descended from heaven who lives thousands of years without taking the smallest nourishment and who, thrown into the water or the fire, suffers no fatal effect from either, unframed measures 42x58cm approx.

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