Engraving by Poisson after a painting by Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814), possibly of an Indian deity practising yoga. He is contorting himself so that a foot fits in his mouth. Illustration from Sonnerat’s ‘Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781’ (‘Voyage to the East Indies and China, made by order of the king, from 1774 to 1781’), published in 1782.

Picture Reference: 10419118
Subject: SOCIETY & WARS > Ethnography: Customs & Beliefs > Asian, Indian
Credit: Science Museum Library

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