Burning a Corpse, India, 1880s

1880s albumen print of a man posed next to a funeral pyre in India. Burning the bodies of the dead is an ancient rite and practice believed to free the soul from the body.
 
The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1922. The unit was recruited in the south-west of Ireland. It was created in 1881 by the amalgamation of two former East India Company regiments and disbanded in 1922 with the establishment of the Irish Free State.
 
Format: Albumen Prints
Size: Photos - 11 x 8 inches Page - 12 x 10 inches
Condition: Good