Chapel V of V
Rites of the World
How European engravers pictured the religions of the world: Bernard Picart's Religious Ceremonies of the 1720s, the Hindu gods of Sonnerat's Voyage of 1806, Ferrario's costume atlas, and the rites of Mexico, Japan, China and the Caribbean.
10 prints

Rites of the World · MDCCCXV
Chinese Costume and Ritual Scenes, Set of Three Ferrario Engravings, Italy 1815
1815 · 24.4 × 35.4 cm£315

Rites of the World · MDCCCXV
Chinese Ceremonial Processions, Hand-Colored Engravings from Ferrario, 1815
1815 · 35.4 × 25.4 cm£315

Rites of the World · MDCCCXV
Chinese Religious Figures and Temple Statues, Ferrario Costume Series, 1815
1815 · 35.2 × 25.2 cm£265

Rites of the World · MDCCCVI
Chinese Funeral Procession with Palanquin, Engraving after Sonnerat, 1806
1806 · 39 × 28.5 cm£245

Rites of the World · MDCCCXII
Nagasaki Japan Procession, Antique Engraving, 1812
1812 · 35.8 × 27.2 cm£210

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Antique Print of a Burman Buddha by Symes, 1800
1800 · 24 × 33 cm£185

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Burmese Monk in His Religious Robe, Antique Costume Print, circa 1800
1800 · 12 × 21 cm£155

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Antique Print of the Great Buddha Statue 'Bodh Gaya' by Symes '1800'
1800 · 24 × 33 cm£125

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Antique Print of Buddha's Footprint by Symes (1800)
1800 · 33 × 24 cm£125

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Seated Buddha at Gaya, Antique Dutch Print of a Statue in Bengal, ca. 1800
1800 · 12 × 20.8 cm£100