Rare Paintings
 26 Apr 2014 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
 25 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Bombay. Bullock Raikla with Indian passengers
ca.1870
Pen, ink and watercolour
Maharashtra, India

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 24 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Bullcok cart from the Deccan, probably in or near Poona, July 1850.

William Carpenter was the eldest son of the distinguished portrait painter Margaret Sarah Carpenter and of William Hookham Carpenter, who became Keeper of the Prints and Drawings Department at the British Museum. In early 1850 h... Read More
 24 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
A pan shop and Muslim dealer in piece-goods, India, 1855
Painting by a British artist; William Carpenter

This painting depicts two shops, the one on the left selling paan (a type of digestive made from the betel nut and chewed after meals), the one on the right owned by a Muslim dealer in piece ... Read More
 20 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
A street scene in Bombay, India, 1855
Painting by a British artist; William Carpenter
Watercolour on paper

William Carpenter (1818-1899) travelled through India from 1850 to 1856 painting portraits and pictures of rulers and their courts and Indian scenery. He travelled to Calcutta via Bombay an... Read More
 19 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
"Bomanjee Hormerjee, Parsee Merchant of Bombay" by an unknown artist presumably working in Bombay where he painted this portrait of Bomanji Hormerji, oil on canvas, ca. 1836.

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 19 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
View eastwards from the steps behind Mount Mary Church, Bandra, Bombay, by William Carpenter, painting, watercolour on paper, India, 1850

In this view, the new Mahim Causeway linking the Bombay (Mumbai) and Salsette islands is visible in the middle distance. The ghats of mainland Bombay are in t... Read More
 19 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Scene in Bombay, India, 1826.
Painting by a British artist - Robert Grindlay.

Grindlay (1786-1877) served in the Bombay Native Infantry from 1804-20, rising to Captain. Captain Robert Grindlay's "Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, chiefly on the Western Side of India", issued from 1826 to 1830 ... Read More
 11 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Walter Langhammer (Austria, 1905-1977)
Banganga Tank and Walkeshwar temples, Malabar Hill, Bombay circa 1940-50

Oil on canvas laid down on board, signed lower right; Chemould Gallery, Bombay label on reverse

The oldest and largest centre of Hindu pilgrimage in Bombay, the tank called Banganga... Read More
 11 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Krishna Hawlaji Ara (India, 1914-1985)
Trees

Oil on canvas, signed lower right, inscribed on backboard with date '69, label of Pundole Gallery, Bombay on reverse, framed.

Source: Bonhams Read More
 11 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Walter Langhammer (Austria, 1905-1977)
Country Scene
oil on canvas, signed lower right, framed

Executed circa 1938.

Walter Langhammer (1905-1977) was an Austrian Jewish professor who fled the Nazi regime and came to Bombay where he became a major figure in the artistic life of the city. He wa... Read More
 11 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury (India, 1899-1975)
An Inmate of the Harem

Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour with heightening in gold and white on paper laid down on board, signed centre right in Bengali.

'He [Chowdhury] did not attempt the emotional approach and peter out into sickly sentimentalit... Read More
 11 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Syed Haider Raza (India, b. 1922)
View overlooking a bay
watercolour on paper, signed lower left, framed
28 x 45 cm.

The view depicts Back Bay, Bombay, with Chowpatty Beach in the foreground, Back Bay Reclamation beyond, and Malabar Hill behind the viewer.

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 11 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Syed Haider Raza (India, b. 1922)
Bombay Street Scene
watercolour on paper, signed and dated '49 lower left, framed

The view depicted is from the northern end of Colaba Causeway looking over S. P. Mukharji Chowk (formerly Wellington Circle) to the Prince of Wales Museum and up the start of the ... Read More
 6 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Heer waiting for Ranjha
Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1968 lower left,
120 x 48.5cm (47 1/4 x 19 1/8in)

Provenance:
Private collection, Pakistan; gifted to the current owners by the Artist.

The story of Heer and her lover Ranjha is one of four old Punjabi folk tales of star-crossed lovers. ... Read More
 5 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Illustration from the book:

Indian Myth and Legend
By Donald A. Mackenzie
With illustrations in in colour by Warwick Goble
Published by Gresham Publishing Co., London - 1913 Read More
 5 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
Illustration from the book:

Indian Myth and Legend
By Donald A. Mackenzie
With illustrations in in colour by Warwick Goble
Published by Gresham Publishing Co., London - 1913 Read More
 3 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
"The Girl of the Wall-Almirah."

Illustration from the book:
Folk-tales of Bengal
By Rev. Lal Bihari Day
Illustrated by Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co., London - 1912 Read More
 3 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
"They approached a magnificent pile of buildings."

Illustration from the book:
Folk-tales of Bengal
By Rev. Lal Bihari Day
Illustrated by Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co., London - 1912 Read More
 3 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
"A bright light, like that of the moon, was seen shining on his forehead."

Illustration from the book:
Folk-tales of Bengal
By Rev. Lal Bihari Day
Illustrated by Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co., London - 1912 Read More
 3 Apr 2014 Rare Paintings
"The Suo queen went to the door with a handful of rice."

Illustration from the book:
Folk-tales of Bengal
By Rev. Lal Bihari Day
Illustrated by Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co., London - 1912 Read More