Rare Paintings
 24 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Kumbhakarna, brother of Ravana, Trichinopoly, ca.1850

Painting; gouache on mica.

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 23 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting on paper of Ravaṇa, with ten heads and twenty arms, sits on a decorated plinth on a terrace. Ravaṇa is crowned and in his left hands holds a lotus, cup, dagger, trishula (trident), gada (mace), curved sword, rope, a chakra (discus) and a kattar (dagger). In his right hand... Read More
 23 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Gouache painting on paper from an album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu deities. Four-armed Åšiva sits atop Mount Kailasa with his left leg crossed over the right. He carries two attributes in his upper hands: the tanka (chisel), in his upper right and a vajra (thunderbolt) in his upper left. Hi... Read More
 23 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Viṣhṇu as Rāma killing Ravaṇa with Lakṣmaṇa; single-page painting mounted on a detached album folio. Many-headed, many-armed king Ravana stands on the right, backing away from Rama and his brother, Laksmana, each wearing crowns and wielding bows. An ass's head protrudes from above Rava... Read More
 21 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
A view of the Government House and Council Chamber, Madras - 1807

Aquatint of Madras (now Chennai) in south India, published by Edward Orme in 1807 and part of King George III's Topographical Collection. Madras was the first important settlement of the East India Company and was founded in 163... Read More
 21 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Fort St. George, on the Coromandel Coast, East Indies

View of a large fort with a church to the left, on the sea-shore, with several peaked mountains behind and ships on the sea in the foreground, including one firing guns, to right of centre; illustration to a periodical.

1782
Etching

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 21 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Fanciful view of the city of Madras, with a procession with camels and elephants in the foreground. c.1781 Hand-coloured engraving

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 20 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Teppakulam, a Sacred Tank near Madura, Madras
by Francis Swain Ward

Date painted: 1772–1773
Oil on canvas, 81 x 130 cm

A large walled tank, in the centre of which is an island with a temple. The town of Madura with temples and palaces is seen in the distance.

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 20 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
On the Coromandel Coast, South India
by William Havell


Date painted: 1821
Oil on canvas, 69 x 86 cm

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 20 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
A 'Choultry', or Travellers' Rest House, in South India
by Francis Swain Ward

Date painted: 1770–1771
Oil on canvas, 71 x 109.5 cm

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 15 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Music party on a riverside terrace
North India, c. 1670

A music party takes place on the terrace of one of the noblemen’s havelis or garden mansions that once lined the Jumna river at Agra, upstream from the Taj Mahal. The Muslim noble who hosts this soirée presides against a flowered gold cu... Read More
 15 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Woman visiting hermit playing vina with attendant and dog.

On paper
Mughal Style
18thC(late)
India

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 15 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
A Raja listening to music on a terrace
Mandsaur, c. 1800

A Raja holding a rose-sprig listens to his female musicians on a terrace, while a pet dog lies nearby.

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 15 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Veena

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 15 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
The Music and Musical Instruments of southern India and the Deccan
By Charles Russel Day
The plates drawn by William Gibb
Published by Novello, Ewer & Co., London - 1891 Read More
 15 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Ascetics making music, illustrating the musical mode Kedar Raga
Arki, Himachal Pradesh
Late 17th century

The musical mode Kedar is visualised as two yogis or ascetics making music within a small pavilion. Seated on a leopard skin, a traditional seat of yogis who have mastered the temptations of ... Read More
 12 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting with a pen and ink border of a woman spinning cotton and a man weaving. The man is seated in front of a large frame loom. He wears a white tunic with a shawl crossed over his chest and a red turban. He is weaving a white piece of fabric on the loom. To his right sits a woman ... Read More
 12 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting with a pen and ink border of cotton production. A man sits on the floor ginning cotton to separate the fibres from the seeds. He sits in front of a wooden frame through which he is ginning the cotton. He wears yellow trousers with a white tunic and red turban. Behind him are ... Read More
 12 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting with a pen and ink border of a man and woman carding cotton. The man is seated on the ground holding a bow-like instrument with his left hand and another implement in his right. On the ground below the bow-like instrument is a white mat and the suggestion of clumps of cotton.... Read More
 12 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
A man combing and a woman sitting down spinning cotton beside a tree.
Drawn on paper.

Pahari School
1850 (circa)
Panjab Hills

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 12 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting on paper of two women spinning cotton. Both women are seated on the ground in front of a thatched building. One woman, wearing an orange sari which covered her head and shoulders is spinning using a drop spindle over a basket. She is squatting on a mat and has numerous bangle... Read More