Rare Paintings
 26 May 2011 Rare Paintings
Thappatalli - Residence of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, Katmandu (Nepal) - December 1852

Watercolour of Thappatalli, the Residence of Maharaja Jang Bahadur at Kathmandu in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), dated December 1852. The image is inscribed on the front in ink: 'H.A. Oldfield. Nep... Read More
 24 May 2011 Rare Paintings
New Book Release :
Solstice At Panipat - 14 January 1761
By Uday S Kulkarni
Published by Mula Mutha Publisher, Pune - 2011

The book is an Authentic Account of the Campaign of Panipat in the Non Fiction format. It has 287 plus 32 preliminary pages and eight art pages with twenty colour photograph... Read More
 23 May 2011 Rare Paintings
A pair of elephants with Mughals up, with the town and hills of Rajmahal behind - 1820

Watercolour of elephants with the Rajmahal Hills in background from an album of miscellaneous views of Bengal produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1820-21. Marquess... Read More
 23 May 2011 Rare Paintings
The Fort of Bangalore, from a village outside the main gate - 1791

Water-colour painting of the fort of Bangalore, from a village outside the main gate by an anonymous artist, c.1790 - 1792.

Bangalore Fort was originally built out of mud by Kempe Gowda, a feudatory chief of the Vijayanagar Empi... Read More
 22 May 2011 Rare Paintings
Bangalore's greatest art collector...

Treasure trove of artefacts
Aruna Chandaraju
Deccan Herald - May 21, 2011

A sombre-looking earthen Grecian face stared down at us as we waited in the foyer of art-patron Dr Harikishore Kejriwal’s home in Bangalore. The door alongside opened into a room wher... Read More
 22 May 2011 Rare Paintings
Rajah Starting On A Hunt (1896)
Painting by Edwin Lord Weeks

Edwin Lord Weeks is one of the most celebrated of the American Orientalist, this certainly being so during his lifetime, and although quite a lot is recorded concerning his professional career and travels, much of this from his own ext... Read More
 22 May 2011 Rare Paintings
Edwin Lord Weeks’s paintings bringing alive an era gone by.
By Pankaj Molekhi , Economic Times - 16 January 2011

In his book The Last Mughal, William Dalrymple recreates the marriage procession of Prince Jawan Bakht marching out of the Red Fort-with chobdars clearing the path before the imperial... Read More
 19 May 2011 Rare Paintings
The Taj, Agra, and distant Fort, India - April 1878

Oil painting on paper of the Taj Mahal and the distant 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 fol... Read More
 19 May 2011 Rare Paintings
The Palace, Delhi. India - 1878

Oil painting on paper of the Palace at Delhi by Marianne North (1830-1890), dated November 1878. Marianne North visited India in 1877-79 and completed over 200 paintings whilst there. She wrote in Volume II of 'Recollections of a Happy Life' (1892), "At last I got... Read More
 18 May 2011 Rare Paintings
The tomb of the Emperor Shah Alam at the Dargah of Qutb-Sahib at Mahrauli - 1815

Watercolour of tomb of Shah Alam from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Gheen to Delhi Vol. VI' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-Ge... Read More
 18 May 2011 Rare Paintings
The young prince Mirza Javan Bakht, Shah Alam's eldest son, c.1786, in "Company School" style.

"A PORTRAIT OF PRINCE MIRZA JAWAN BAKHT, COMPANY SCHOOL, LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1786; watercolour and gouache on card, with a seated figure dressed in white with green waist sash and turban, holding a s... Read More
 15 May 2011 Rare Paintings
Mausoleum of Humayun, Delhi - 1820

Watercolour of the Mausoleum of Humayun and its compound in Delhi, by an anonymous artist working in the Agra style, c. 1820-1822. Inscribed on the front in English: 'Tomb of Hoomauyoon Bad Shah';' Tomb of Koaka'; in Persian characters: 'Maqbarah i Kokah - Maqb... Read More
 14 May 2011 Rare Paintings
Temple near Jeypore, India - 1878

Oil painting depicting a temple near Jaipur by Marianne North, dated December 1878.

Initially Marianne North (1830-1890) only painted botanical specimens and travelled around the world in search of interesting subject matter. She visited India in 1877-79 and co... Read More
 13 May 2011 Rare Paintings
The river bank at Najafgarh, showing the remains of substantial houses and temples - 1814

Watercolour of the river bank at Najafgarh from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Benares to Nazibghur Vol. III' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of... Read More
 10 May 2011 Rare Paintings
Bridge with four small domes - 1820

Watercolour by Sir Charles D'Oyly of a bridge with four small domes from an album in red leather covers with a gold stamped border, containing 28 water-colours of a trip along the Bhagirathi and Ganges Rivers, dated August to October 1820. The trip must have b... Read More
 4 May 2011 Rare Paintings
Hindoo Fakir - 1867

This chromolithograph is taken from plate 16 of William Simpson's 'India: Ancient and Modern'. Holy men seated under trees, often a banyan tree as depicted in the painting, were a regular sight in India. The word fakir is derived from Arabic and means someone poor in the eyes... Read More
 2 May 2011 Rare Paintings
The rock sculpture of Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram - 1825

Watercolour of the rock sculpture of Arjuna's Penance, by John Gantz, c. 1825. Inscribed: 'A view of the Sculptures representing the tapass or intense penance of Arjoona Mahabalipoorum from a Sketch by Mr J. Braddock. J. Gantz'.

John ... Read More
 21 Apr 2011 Rare Paintings
Interior of a Mughal Tomb, or Hammam, Furnished in the English Taste, ca. 1830–40
India (Delhi)
Opaque watercolor on paper

One genre of Company School painting served to record the wealth of the British in India, and their homes and furniture—as in this painting—were among the primary subjects. ... Read More
 21 Apr 2011 Rare Paintings
Waterfall near Haliyal with Johnson sketching in the foreground - 1801

Water-colour painting of a waterfall near Halyial with an artist sketching in the foreground. The drawing is inscribed: 'Waterfall in Soonda of the Purwar River, about 4 miles S. W. of Hullyhall taken in the dryest season. Co... Read More
 21 Apr 2011 Rare Paintings
Chandor Fort, near Nasik; an elephant and tent in the foreground. 'Chandore Fort with a Mharatte chieftain's elephant ready to be mounted and attended as usual.' - 1795

Water-colour painting of Chandor Fort with an elephant and tent in the foreground by John Johnson (c.1769-1846). This image is ... Read More
 17 Apr 2011 Rare Paintings
New Book :
NAINSUKH OF GULER
A great Indian painter from a small hill-state
By BN Goswamy
Published by Niyogi Books, New Delhi - 2011

“To trace the life and career of a painter (of the past) in India is”, as the author says, “somewhat akin to following the course of an earthen lamp on swift wate... Read More