Rare Paintings
 22 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
View of Old Goa looking towards the North East showing the Rosary Church with a red roof and the New St Paul's Seminary, which fell into ruin early in the 19th century - 1798.

Water-colour painting of Goa Velha, a town situated at the mouth of the Mandovi River in Goa, a small state on the wes... Read More
 22 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Entrance to the Fort Cannanore - 1820.

Water-colour painting of the entrance to the fort at Kannur by Thomas Cussans (1796-1870). Cussans served in the Madras artillery in 1814, then the Horse Brigade from 1817 to 1829. This is one of 19 drawings (22 folios) of scenes in Mumbai (Bombay) and th... Read More
 21 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
View of Part of the Town and Bay of Cannanore - 1850.

Water-colour painting of the town and bay of Kannur by Thomas Cussans (1796-1870). Cussans served in the Madras artillery in 1814, then the Horse Brigade from 1817 to 1829. This is one of 19 drawings (22 folios) of scenes in Mumbai (Bombay)... Read More
 20 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Edwin Lord Weeks
American Academic Classical Artist
1849 - 1903

Painting - Along the Ghats Mathura.
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 caree... Read More
 15 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Before the Jami Masjid or Great Mosque at Mathura - 1883.
By Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849-1903)
Edwin Lord Weeks is the most celebrated American Orientalist in present day, and was also renowned during his time. He documented his voyages to East and studied in Paris under the tutelage of fa... Read More
 14 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
General Claude Martin's house Constantia set in its park at Lucknow - 1814.
Watercolour of Constantia in Lucknow from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Cawnpore to Mohumdy Vol. IV' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governo... Read More
 13 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
India through the eyes of Western painters - Exhibition
Bangalore chapter of the National Gallery of Modern Arts in association with British Council is hosting the exhibition of 93 collections from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The period of the works range from 1790 to 1927. The exhi... Read More
 13 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
View of Calcutta from the Maidan. 24 October 1868.
Watercolour of a view of Calcutta from the Maidan by Stanley Leighton (1837-1901) dated 24th October 1868. Inscribed on the mount in pencil: 'Calcutta from the Maidan. Fri. 24 Oct. 1868. Government House, Law Courts. Ochterlony monument.'
The M... Read More
 12 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Asaf al-Daula (Nawab of Oudh) at a cock-fight with Europeans; a watercolor by a Lucknow artist, c.1830-35; this painting most likely depicts the famous cockfight between Asaf al-Daula and Colonel Mordaunt which took place at Lucknow in 1786.

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 12 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Col. POLIER's Nautch (Lucknow, c.1780), painted by Mihr Chand.
Source: Arts of the Islamic Book: The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, by Anthony Welch and Stuart Cary Welch (Ithaca: Cornell University Press for the Asia Society, 1982), p. 128. CU scan, Dec. 1999
"Colonel Polier's Nautc... Read More
 11 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
The Diwan-i-Khas or Hall of Private Audience, Delhi - 1815.
Watercolour of The Diwan-i-Khas or Hall of Private Audience, Delhi, c. 1815. The 'Lal Qila' or Red Fort was commissioned by Shah Jahan (r.1627-58) in 1639 as part of his new city of Shahjahanabad. It took nine years to build and was the... Read More
 10 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
The Mosque of Roshan al-Daula in Chandni Chowk - 1843.
[From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contemporary material, with an accompanying manuscrip... Read More
 9 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Zinat Mahal Begum, the favourite queen of the Emperor Bahadur Shah - 1843.
[From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contemporary material, with an ac... Read More
 9 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Autograph of His Majesty Bahadur Shah Zafar of Delhi - 29th April 1844.
[From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contemporary material, with an accom... Read More
 8 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Front view of Metcalfe House (top left), Rear view of Metcalfe House (bottom left), The principal taikhana of Metcalfe House (top right), Second taikhana of Metcalfe House (bottom right) - 1843.
[From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 13... Read More
 8 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Styles & titles by which Emperor Bahadur Shah 'addressed' the Agent of the Governor-General - 1843.
[From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contempo... Read More
 7 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
The Mubarak Bagh, the house of Sir David Ochterlony - 1843.
[From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contemporary material, with an accompanying manu... Read More
 7 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi - 1820.
Watercolour of a European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi, by an anonymous artist working in the... Read More
 7 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Poem composed by the Emperor Bahadhur Shah and addressed to the Governor General's Agent at Delhi Febuary 1843.
[From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as ot... Read More
 6 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
The fort at Hansi, the Union flag flying from the top - 1815.
Watercolour of fort at Hansi 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-General of Bengal and the... Read More
 5 Apr 2010 Rare Paintings
Temple of Ganga Gobind Singh, the religious teacher of Warren Hastings, at Kandi, at the meeting of the Bhagirathi and Jalangi rivers - 1820.
Watercolour by Sir Charles D'Oyly of the Temple of Ganga Gobind Singh, the religious teacher of Warren Hastings, at Kandi, at the meeting of the Bhagirath... Read More