Rare Paintings
 28 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
A HAJJ MAP OF MECCA AND MEDINA, PROBABLY SOUTH INDIA, DATED 1263 AH/1846 AD
Ink and gouache on stout paper, the rectangular page separated into various differnet panels depicting the sites of Mecca and Medina, the location names inscribed in Naskh script in black ink, the panels bordered with si... Read More
 27 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Shuja, Aurangzeb, and Murad Bakhsh mounted on horses in a landscape with mountains and a village in the background. Equestrian portrait with landscape.
By Balchand (artist) 17th century AD

By permission of The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Read More
 27 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Aurangzeb ke darbar ki

A Mughal Emperor, possibly Aurangzeb is seated on a throne under a gold canopy. He inspects a piece of jewellery in his left hand. One of his sons stands behind him. An attendant waving a morchal stands behind the Emperor. Courtiers surround him; the one in the foregroun... Read More
 27 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
A Mughal empress or member of a royal family holding a spear and turban ornament
Published: [India], 1800

Credit: Wellcome Library, London

Inscription:
"Fakhr un Nisa, wife of Sultan Amir Timur".

(Translated by Mohammed Ayub Khan) Read More
 26 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
A Woman wearing Mughal costume and jewellery
Published: [India], [18--?]

Credit: Wellcome Library, London

Inscription:
ARAM JAN BAIGHUM - Wife of MOHAMMAD SULTAN BIN ALAMGIR.

(Translated by Faizan Ghani) Read More
 26 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Portrait of Sayyid Mirza Azim Beg - 1825

This Company painting is possibly by Ghulam Ali Khan, a well-known Delhi artist and brother of another Company painter, Faiz Ali Khan. It depicts the centenarian Sayyid Mirza Azim Beg of Hansi, near Delhi, seated cross-legged on a cane stool. A Persian ... Read More
 25 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
The Divan-i Khass in the Palace in the Delhi Fort - 1817

Watercolour of the Divan-i Khass in the Palace in the Delhi Fort, by Ghulam 'Ali Khan, 1817. This drawing shows the red awnings and 'shamianas' fully rigged, a scene of vigorous activity beneath as a palanquin is prepared for the Emperor... Read More
 25 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
The DELHI PANORAMA by Mazhar Ali Khan Mazhar Ali Khan, a close relation of Ghulam Ali Khan, was primarily an architectural painter who produced the commissions from the last atelier including the great Delhi panorama for Metcalfe on view. This monumental painted cityscape of Delhi, dated Novemb... Read More
 25 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
The dargah at Nizamuddin 19th century
Opaque watercolor on paper
H. 17 1⁄2 × W. 23 1⁄8 in. (44.5 × 58.8 cm)

Source: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Read More
 25 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
A tiger hunt at Jhajjar, Rohtak District, Panjab - 1820

This Company painting is by Ghulam Ali Khan, who was working in Delhi around 1820 and was the brother of another Company artist, Faiz Ali Khan. The painting depicts a tiger hunt at Jhajjar, Rohtak District, Panjab. Nearly all of the figur... Read More
 24 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
A Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the Emperor Akbar but with his reluctant consent. Gouache.
Painting 18th century
Published: [17--]

Credit: Wellcome Library, London Read More
 22 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting on paper of Matsya, the fish incarnation of Viṣṇu. The painting shows an ocean on which floats a boat carrying Manu and the Veda’s. Manu sits on an antelope skin and is accompanied by a group of rishi’s. The boat is tied to a large golden fish, Matsya, by a large black snake.... Read More
 22 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting on paper of Samudramanthana, the Churning of the Ocean. This event took place during the second incarnation of Visnu as Kurma, the tortoise. The painting shows Visnu seated on the top of Mount Mandara, here represented as a pole. He holds a discus, sword, conch and lotus in h... Read More
 21 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Palitana - 5 May 1868

Watercolour drawing by John Frederick Lester of Palitana in Gujarat, from Album with laid down watercolours made between 1865 and 1877 in Kathiawar, Bombay, Poona, Mahabaleshwar and Savantvadi State, dated 1865-1877.

Above the plain around the town of Palitana rises Sa... Read More
 21 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
JAIN COSMOLOGY is the description of the shape and functioning of the physical and metaphysical Universe (loka) and its constituents (such as living, matter, space, time etc.) according to Jainism, which includes the canonical Jain texts, commentaries and the writings of the Jain philosopher-monk... Read More
 11 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
1911 Delhi Durbar Throne Pavilion at Amphitheatre

Scale drawing in pen and black ink with gold paint and red watercolour wash detailing of the Throne Pavilion of the Coronation Durbar complex at Delhi in 1911. The drawing details of the carved balustrade and canopy supports, as well as the canop... Read More
 11 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
1911 Delhi Durbar Chandoa for Shamiana-A

Scale drawing in pen and black ink with gold paint and red watercolour wash of the Chandoa, the hanging interior of the canopy roof of the Royal Shamiana A, one of two such Chandoa designs in this collection. The Royal Shamiana was part of the Durbar comp... Read More
 11 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Delhi Durbar 1911 Royal Shaminana at Amphitheatre

Scale drawing in pen and black ink with gold paint and red watercolour wash detailing of the Royal Shamiana (tent or canopy) used at the Delhi Durbar of 1911. The drawing shows the Shamiana from the front, detailing the balustrade and canopy supp... Read More
 5 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
The Taj from the Fort - April 1878

Oil painting on paper of the Taj Mahal from the fort at Agra, by Marianne North (1830-1890) dated April 1878. The Taj Mahal was built on the banks of the river Jumna at Agra by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal following her death in 1632.... Read More
 5 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
'Water Gate. Oodipore. India - January 1879'

Oil painting on paper depicting the water-gate at Udaipur by Marianne North dated January 1879.

Initially Marianne North (1830-1890) only painted botanical specimens and travelled around the world in search of interesting subject matter. She visited ... Read More
 3 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India.
Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.
1855 By: Hermann von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski
Published: F. A. Brockhaus,Leipzig : 1854 to 1858

Credit: Wellcome Library, London Read More