Rare Paintings
 17 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Painting; gouache on mica, A Bairagi with a snake, Benares, ca.1870

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 17 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
'Jogee Fuqueer'

A female ascetic holding a tambura.
Lucknow, India - ca.1815 - ca. 1820
Watercolour

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 17 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Painting by a British artist; William Carpenter, A Hindu ascetic who had not spoken for 26 years, India, ca.1855.

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 D... Read More
 17 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Ascetics of various type. The main Hindu castes and Muslim orders.

Faizabad, India - ca. 1774 (made)
Watercolour

Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 27 (Gentil numbered two successive pages '22'). Ascetics of various types.

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 15 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still - 1800

Watercolour of two men in West Bengal by an unknown artist working in the Murshidabad style, from the Hyde Collection, c. 1800. Inscribed on back in ink: 'Bengal Distillery of spirituous liquors. Distillery of Spirituous Liquors in Beng... Read More
 15 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
A lady with a wine flask and cup - 18th century.
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper.

The painting shows a standing lady in profile facing left holding out a blue and white flask as if ready to pour the contents into the small white cup she holds in her right hand. The lady is shown standing... Read More
 15 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Audio:
The Traditional Liquors of India
Former journalist and wildlife campaigner ANIRUDDHA MOOKHERJEE is a man on an unusual mission -- mapping, studying and understanding the traditional liquors of India. Here he talks with FREDERICK NORONHA about his study which he plans to work into a book.... Read More
 15 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Toddywallah's hut in a grove of date palms near Breach Candy, Bombay, by William Carpenter, Painting, watercolour on paper, India, 1850-51

William Carpenter trained at the Royal Academy Schools.He was in India from 1850 to 1856, during which time he travelled extensively from Bombay (Mumbai) a... Read More
 14 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Hindu Temple, Duabe near Manpore - 1805

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 early watercolour by him entitled 'At the cottage doo... Read More
 14 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Maharaja Raj Singh of Sawar receives a yogi in a garden
Sawar, 1714

Maharaja Raj Singh receives an important yogi on the terrace of his royal garden, while pigeons and peacocks strut around them. On the far side of the garden, with its square plots, fountain, cypresses, flowering trees and bi... Read More
 14 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Painting; watercolour, botanical painting of a Custard Apple Plant, Calcutta, ca. 1785

The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This one was originally in the collection of Sir Elijah Impey and Lady Impey, who commissioned over 300 pictures in ... Read More
 13 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
A Kali puja a crowd of worshippers and musicians.

Murshidabad, India - ca.1800 (made)

Gouache on mica (White painting on mica).

These paintings were acquired in 1948 by W.G. Archer from the Patna painter Ishwari Prasad (1870-1950), who had inherited them from his Murshidabad ancestors; h... Read More
 13 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Consorts of the gods, including Parvati, Kali, Varahi, Brahmani, Chhinnamastika, Vaishnavi, Mahakali.
Watercolour
Faizabad, India - ca. 1774

Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 50 (Gentil numbered two successive pages '22'). Consorts of the gods.

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 13 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
A temple of Kali within a courtyard at Karnal - 1815

Watercolour of a temple at Karnal from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Mohumdy to Gheen Vol. V' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the ... Read More
 12 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
The goddess Kali, shown with red skin and four arms, is shown seated on a lotus throne resting on the prostrate body of the god Shiva. The setting is in a palace-like interior, surrounded by a landscape - ca.1825
Opaque watercolour on paper
Punjab, India

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 12 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Worshippers are shown before an image of Kali standing on Shiva, and a goat is about to be sacrificed, Patna - ca.1860 Painting - Gouache on mica.

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 12 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Jain cosmological painting: 'The 7 Chakras of the Subtle Body'
19th century
Gujarat, India

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 10 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Gwalior Fort, seen from the Residency - 10 December 1868

Water-colour painting of Gwalior Fort in Madhya Pradesh by Stanley Leighton (1837-1901), 10 December 1868. Inscribed on the mount in pencil is: 'Gwalior from the Residency. Thurs. 10 Dec. 1868.'

The fortress of Gwalior stands on a lon... Read More
 9 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
The town of Erachh (Jhansi District), with remains of mosques and tombs, seen on the left bank of the river Betwa, which recedes in the middle into the distance - 1818

Watercolour of the town of Erachh in the Jhansi District, part of the Hastings Albums, by an anonymous artist working in the C... Read More
 8 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
Muhammadshah with courtiers
Watercolour and gilt on paper
Artist: Chitarman

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 7 Sep 2012 Rare Paintings
The Kutb Minar, near Delhi - 1828

Water-colour painting of the Qutb Minar at Delhi by James Arden Crommelin (1801-1893) in 1828. Inscribed on the front in pencil is: 'Kootub Minar near Delhi. J.A.C.1828'.

The Qutb Minar was built by Qutb-u'd-din Aibek from 1199 as part of the Quwwat al-Isla... Read More