English: A groups of Thugs about to strangle a traveller on a highway in India in the early 19th century. Two or three members of the group are distracting the traveller by pointing to something in the sky, while another member approaches the traveller from behind with a ligature in his hands.
Date
between 1829 and 1840
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Anonymous Indian artist. Made for Capt. James Paton, Assistant to the British Resident at Lucknow, 1829-1840
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A groups of Thugs about to strangle a traveller on a highway in India in the early 19th century