Rare Paintings
 11 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
A street-scene in the village of Raniya - 1818

Watercolour of a street scene in the village of Raniya in the Hissar district, Haryana, by an anonymous artist working in the Delhi style, part of the Fraser Collection, c. 1816-1820.

In the foreground a young woman sits SPINNING with a child b... Read More
 10 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
The Nilgai
By George Stubbs

1769
Oil on canvas, 62.3 x 73 cm

Collection: Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow Read More
 10 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Rhinoceros
By George Stubbs

1790–1792
Oil on canvas, 70 x 92 cm

Collection: The Royal College of Surgeons of England Read More
 10 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
A Blackbuck
By George Stubbs

1770–1780
Oil on canvas, 61 x 70.8 cm

Collection: Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow Read More
 10 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Cheetah and Stag with Two Indians
By George Stubbs

c.1765
Oil on canvas, 182.7 x 275.3 cm

A painting inspired by an incident that took place in 1764, when a cheetah brought to England from India was pitched against a stag in a hunting demonstration at Windsor. The cheetah, seen in profile... Read More
 10 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Colonel (later General Sir) Dighton MacNaghten Probyn (1833–1924), CB, VC, and Honorary ADC to the Viceroy of India and HM’s Indian Cavalry, 1867
By James Rannie Swinton

Oil on canvas, 239.7 x 148.2 cm

Probyn is shown in the uniform of 11th Bengal Lancers. He began his career with 2nd Punj... Read More
 10 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
India's Homage to the Fallen
by Frank O. Salisbury

Date painted: 1923
Oil on canvas, 132 x 234 cm
Collection: Defence Academy of the United Kingdom Read More
 9 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Shiva and Parvati with their children Ganesha and Karttikeya (Skanda)
ca. 1830
Painting
H: 20.1 W: 15.8 cm
Kangra, Punjab Hills, India

Copyright © Smithsonian Institution Read More
 8 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Sikh woodcut depicting Shiva and Parvati with Nandi, Ganesh, Kartikkeya and a lion, from Lahore or Amritsar, about 1870.

Shiva and Parvati are shown seated, preparing 'bhang', with their animal vehicles before them. Ganesh is seated in front of them and Kartikkeya is climbing on the lion's back ... Read More
 8 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Parvati nursing Ganesha

Opaque watercolour on paper
Kalighat
Kolkata, ca. 1830

Painting, in opaque watercolour and silver on paper, the Hindu godess Parvati, shown with yellow flesh tones and silver detailed jewellery on her face, arms and neck, is nursing her elephant-headed son Ganesha ... Read More
 8 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Shiva and Parvati, Ganesh and Karttikeya

Opaque watercolour on paper
Guler
ca. 1760

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Shiva, Parvati, Karttikeya, Ganesha and the bull Nandi sit on a plain green ground. A fire of logs is burning beside them and a mango tree looms above them. Parvat... Read More
 8 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Śiva and his family (Pārvatī, Gaṇeśa, and Karttikeya) in a landscape

Gouache painting on paper
Pahari School
Kangra Style
1760 (circa)
Panjab Hills

© Trustees of the British Museum Read More
 4 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
The Rajah's Birthday
By Sir Frank Brangwyn RA RWS PRBA HRSA, 1867-1956.
Oil on canvas
Source: Sparrow, Frank Brangwyn and His Work

Commentary by Walter Shaw Sparrow

In his "Rajah's Birthday," where his impression of Indian sunlight at midday is not only radiant but quite near to the sp... Read More
 4 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
British Empire Panel (12) India
By Frank Brangwyn


Date painted: c.1930
Oil on canvas, 609 x 396 cm

Collection: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Read More
 4 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
British Empire Panel (10) India
By Frank Brangwyn

Date painted: c.1930
Oil on canvas, 609 x 396 cm
Collection: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

In 1926 Lord Iveagh commissioned Brangwyn to produce a series of large murals to cover the north and south walls of the royal gallery in the House of Lords. Hi... Read More
 4 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
British Empire Panel (11) India
By Frank Brangwyn
Date painted: c.1930
Oil on canvas, 609 x 396 cm
Collection: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A. (1867 - 1956) is celebrated as one of Britain's most prolific and versatile artists. His work is internationally acclaimed and th... Read More
 3 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Imperial India - An artist's journals
Illustrated by numerous sketches taken at the courts of the principal chiefs in India
By Val C. Prinsep, A.R.A.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London - 1879 Read More
 1 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Morning Exodus, Jodhpur
By Ernest Stephen Lumsden

Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 66.5 cm

Collection: Newport Museum and Art Gallery Read More
 1 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Pilgrims nearing the Sangam
By Ernest Stephen Lumsden

Date painted: 1927
Oil on board, 50.9 x 60.8 cm

Collection: Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture Read More
 1 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
Shiva’s Bull (Benares) - 1919
By Ernest Stephen Lumsden

One of the group of plates loosely referred to as E.S.Lumsden’s ‘Third Indian and Ladak set’, Shiva’s Bull shows a scene on the banks of the River Ganges, at Benares. This image was derived from the huge mass of material which E.S.Lumsde... Read More
 1 Sep 2013 Rare Paintings
The Black Boat, No.1
By Ernest Stephen Lumsden
1919
Original etching
Signed and numbered in ink

Issued in E.S.Lumsden’s ‘Third Indian Set’, The Black Boat, No.1 is typical of the scenes upon the river front which the artist considered to display the essential spirit of Benares. E.S.Lum... Read More