Rare Paintings
 30 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
'Scindea Pet from the Horse Artillery Lines Poona- - December 1831'

Wash with some water-colour by William Miller (1795-1836) in December 1831. Inscribed: 'Scindea Pet from the Horse Artillery Lines Poona. Decr. 1831 W.M.'

Pune is situated near to the Western Ghats in Maharashtra at the con... Read More
 30 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Double picture: Shiva protecting his devotee from Yama, the God of Death (left), Khandoba as a Mahratta horseman spearing a demon (right).
Transfer lithograph.

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 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Sir Charles Warre Malet, Concluding a Treaty in 1790 in Durbar with the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
by Thomas Daniell

Date painted: 1805
Oil on canvas, 181 x 279.4 cm

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 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
A Representation of the delivery of the Ratified Treaty of 1790 by Sir Chas Warre Malet Bart to his Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa, in full Durbar or Court as held upon that occasion at Poonah in the East Indies on the 6th,, July 1790.

A large room with corinthian columns and swags of cloth, whe... Read More
 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
A Representation of the delivery of the Ratified Treat of 1790 by Sir Chas Warre Malet Bart to his Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa, in full Durbar or Court as held upon that occasion at Poonah in the East INdies on the 6th,, July 1790.

A large room with corinthian columns and swags of cloth, wh... Read More
 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
A Representation of the delivery of the Ratified Treat of 1790 by Sir Charles Warre Malet Bart to his Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa, in full Durbar or Court as held upon that occasion at Poonah in the East INdies on the 6th,, July 1790.

A large room with corinthian columns and swags of cloth, w... Read More
 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Bhairo Raghunath Mehendale, Diplomatic Agent to the Peshwa at Poona
by James Wales

Date painted: 1792
Oil on canvas, 82 x 63 cm

Collection: British Library Read More
 27 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Cheetah and Stag with Two Indians - c.1765
By George Stubbs

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 profil... Read More
 25 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
View of Mecca showing the Kaaba.
Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774.
Watercolour
Gentil Manuscripts.

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 25 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Muslim festival at a tomb of a saint, Murshidabad, ca. 1795 - ca. 1805
Murshidabad, India
Painting; gouache.

This is one of a group of nine paintings. They depict a durbar (public reception) at the Murshidabad court, and various Hindu and Muslim festivals and religious scenes. A Murshidabad ... Read More
 25 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Muslim festival scene: sacred objects being carried under a domed canopy, Tanjore, ca. 1800

Painting; gouache.

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 24 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Painted in Tiruchirapalli, 1830

Gouache painting on paper, part of an album of seventy paintings of Indian deities. Viṣṇu reclines on the coils of the five-hooded Shesha (also known as Ananta). In his left hand he carries a bow, while his right hand supports his head. From Viṣṇu’s navel sprout... Read More
 24 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Made in Tiruchirapalli, 1820-1830

Ink and wash drawing on European paper of the puja (worship) of Alagiyamanavala in the Tirumamani mandapa on Vaikuntha ekadashi festival. The puja is taking place in a pillared hall opposite a mandapa fashioned like a chariot drawn by two horses. Several priests... Read More
 24 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
'North side of Trichinopoly Fort and Rock different caste people washing in the Cauvery river.' - 1800

Gouache on paper

View of the Rock at Trichinopoly; in the foreground, an elephant is being washed and men and women are bathing, washing their clothes, and performing 'puja' in the Cauvery... Read More
 24 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
View of the hill fort, Trichinopoly, ca. 1801-1805
By William Orme

Pencil and watercolour

William Orme, who was active from about 1795 to 1819, was born in Manchester and was almost certainly the younger brother of Daniel Orme (also born in Manchester), and older brother of Edward Orme. An... Read More
 24 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Painting; gouache on mica, The procession of Jemboonadasawmy, Trichinopoly, ca.1850

This picture comes from a set of 75 mica paintings in four albums. They depict Hindu deities and festival processions with decorated cars. They are mounted on paper with an 1851 watermark and appeared at the Gr... Read More
 23 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Chedul Feast - Trichinopoly - when a man swings on a hook hung by the back - 1850

Gouache on mica

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 23 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
'A Choultrie carved out of the Rock of Trichinopoly' - 1805
By William Orme

Watercolour

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 23 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
The Rock at Trichinopoly, a Union Jack flying beside the temple at the summit - 1825

Plate seven from '24 Views in Indostan by William Orme'. This aquatint is based on a picture by Francis Swaine Ward (1736-1794). Tiruchchirappalli (known to the British as Trichinopoly) is a city situated on t... Read More
 23 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
The Rock and Temple of Trichinopoly, 1801.

Oil on canvas by Lieutenant Philip Le Couteur (1777-1807), 12th [Madras] Native Infantry, 1801.

Strategically sited on the bank of the River Cauvery (Kaveri) in Southern India, about 56 miles (90 km) from the sea, Trichinopoly was the third most im... Read More
 22 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Plassey House: A building with arched colonnade amid trees and bushes near a river, a figure moving towards it, a boat on the river - 1794
By Robert Hyde Colebrooke

Watercolour, with grey ink, over graphite

Inscriptions:
Inscription Content: Inscribed and dated: "R. H. Colbrooke delt - 17... Read More