Rare Paintings
 3 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
"She rushed out of the palace... and came to the upper world."

Illustration from the book:
Folk-tales of Bengal
By Rev. Lal Bihari Day
Illustrated by Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co., London - 1912 Read More
 31 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
John Gleich (German b.1879)
The inner courtyard of the Palace of the Maharajah of Udaipur (Indian Rajputana).

Signed 'John Gleich' (lower left), also signed and inscribed with the artist's address and titled on the stretcher
Oil on canvas
66.5 x 59.5 cm. (26 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)

Source: Bonhams Read More
 31 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Proposed design for a palace at Rajgarh: front west side elevation.
Jaipur, 1918

Pencil and wash on paper, both inscribed 'Designed by Nathu Lall Shunker Lall Architects, Jaipur (Rajputana)' lower right, and also the title and other details, signed by Nathu Lall and dated 24.5.18, framed.

Sourc... Read More
 31 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Maharaja Man Singh of Jodhpur (1804-1843) seated in discussion with a Marwari prince on a palace terrace, both figures dressed in fiery orange jamas and turbans, officers standing to the right, an attendant holding a gauri in the background.

Jodhpur, circa 1840
Gouache and gold on paper, red bor... Read More
 29 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting of the town and pass of Bundi in Rajasthan, by an anonymous artist working in the British school, c. 1840. Inscribed on the back in ink is: 'The town and Pass of Bondi in Rajpootana. No. 72.'

Bundi was founded in 1341 by Rao Deva and is situated in a narrow valley within the... Read More
 29 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (British, 1821-1906)

Jodhpur, Rajputana, India watercolour
14.6 x 21.6 cm. (5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.)

English watercolourist. Baptised Hercules Brabazon Sharpe, the son of landed gentry, he inherited the family estates in 1847 and 1858, which occasioned a legal change in h... Read More
 29 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Kunvar Sri Kisan in darbar with ministers and secretaries
Jodhpur, Marwar, circa 1740

Opaque watercolor and gold on card; verso with identification inscription in black nagari script: 'Sri Kisan'; The kunvar (prince) kneels on a small yellow rug, supported by a large bolster, wearing a tall, ora... Read More
 29 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
The sword grinder (Jodhpur) - by Mabel Royds

Two boys by grinding stone, woman seated on ground to right. c.1920.

Colour woodcut, in the Japanese manner, predominantly in beige, grey-brown and orange

Mabel Royds was a colour woodcut artist. b. at Little Barford, Bedfordshire, later moved to Li... Read More
 29 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Jodhpur Fort (Rajputana) - 1890

Water-colour drawing by G.F. Lamb of the west view of the Jodhpur Fort in Rajasthan, dated c.1890. Inscribed on the front in ink: 'G.F.L.'; on the back in ink: 'Jodhpur Fort. West side from Cingora hill by G.F. Lamb.'

The formidable Meherangarh Fort, considered t... Read More
 29 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
View of Jodhpur Fort (Rajputana) and the city wall from the south - 1890

Water-colour drawing by G.F. Lamb of the view of the Jodhpur Fort in Rajasthan and the city wall from the south, dated c.1890 Inscribed on the front in ink: 'G.F.L'; on the back in ink: 'Jodhpur Fort and city wall from Sout... Read More
 29 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Jodhpur Fort (Eastern side) - 1890

Water-colour drawing by G.F. Lamb of the east view of the Jodhpur Fort in Rajasthan, dated c.1890. Inscribed on the front in ink: 'G.F.L.'; on the back in ink: 'Jodhpur Fort. Eastern side by G.F. Lamb.'

The formidable Meherangarh Fort, considered the finest in... Read More
 24 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Mewar Ramayana

Battle between the armies of Rama and the King of Lanka, Udaipur, 1649-53.

The Ramayana manuscript of the text was copied in seven large volumes in 'nagari' script by Mahatma Hirananda between 1649 and 1653, and illuminated by Sahib Din, Manohar, and other artists in the court st... Read More
 23 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Meeting of Rama and Parushurama Folio from a set of Ramayana.
Dated: Samvat 1706 = A.D.1649 Rajasthani, Udaipur .
Artist : Manohar
Painting: 31 x 18 cms

The Museum acquired nineteen folios of a dispersed Ramayana set painted during the patronage of Maharana Jagat Singh I (1628-52 A.D. ), whose... Read More
 22 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
View online:
The Mewar Ramayana

Welcome to one of the world's most beautiful Ramayana manuscripts. The original was prepared for Maharana Jagat Singh, the ruler of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar in Rajasthan, in the middle of the seventeenth century.

Most volumes of the manuscript are now in the B... Read More
 18 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
South view of Shahabad, Jhalawar - 1818

Water-colour drawing of Shahabad in Jalawar by an anonymous artist in 1818.

Inscribed on the front in ink is: b. 'Shahabad Town from the Ghaut to the Southward.' A gazetteer of 1857 describes the town as follows: 'Shahabad, in the Rajpoot territory of Jha... Read More
 18 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Watercolour drawing of a view of the town of Shahabad (Kotah, formerly Jhalawar) by an anonymous artist in c.1818. Inscribed below the drawing is: 'Shahabad. No. 11.'

This work forms part of the Marquess of Hastings collection. He was the Governor-General of Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief fro... Read More
 18 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
The town and lake at Jhalrapatan (Jhalawar), with a sepoy and peasants working an irrigation system in the foreground - 1818

Watercolour drawing of the town and lake at Jhalrapatan (Jhalawar) in Rajasthan, done by an anonymous artist in c. 1818. Inscribed below: 'A view of the Lake and Town of J... Read More
 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā celebrating the Holi festival.

Painted on Paper.
Pahari School
Kangra Style
1800 (circa)
Panjab Hills

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 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Kṛṣṇa celebrating the Holi festival with men and women.

Painted on Paper.
Pahari School
Kangra Style
1800 (circa)
Panjab Hills

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 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Kṛṣṇa and Satyabhama playing holi. Both are armed with syringes and squirt coloured water at each other. Between them is a large container.

Album drawing. Pen and ink wash on paper.
Company School
1826 (circa)
Tiruchirapalli

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 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
A man and a woman standing on a terrace, surrounded by attendants, and celebrating the Holi festival.

Gouache painting on paper.
Jodhpur Style
Rajasthan School
1845 (circa)

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