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Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch
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Mahadaji Sindhia (ruled 1782-94) entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: A similar portrait of Sindhia inscribed with Sindhia’s name is in Bharat Kala Bhawan, Benares. See also the portrait by, James Wales, F826. This p...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1820
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Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
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A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1820
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Gauri Ragini
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Gauri Ragini. A lady is seated alone on a hillock near a lake at sundown. Inscribed in Urdu: ‘ragini gauri malkosh ki (Gauri Ragini’ of’ Malkos).’ 234 by 160 mm.
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1760
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Lalita Ragini
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Lalita Ragini. A lover is departing from his sleeping mistress at dawn. Inscribed in Urdu: ‘ragini lalit hindol ki (Lalita Ragini’ of’ Hindola).’ 231 by 158 mm.
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1760
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Vibhasa Ragini
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Vibhasa Ragini. The lover is rising from his lady’s bed at dawn to shoot the cock which awakens them. . Inscribed in Urdu: ‘rag malkosh (Malkos Raga).’ 234 by 160 mm.
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1760
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1 Item

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Ramakali Ragini
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Ramakali Ragini. A lady spurns her repentant lover who kneels before her. Inscribed in Urdu: ‘ragini ramkali hindol ki (Ramakali Ragini’ of’ Hindola).’ 232 by 157 mm. Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 22.
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1760
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Vasudeva and Krishna
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Vasudeva and Krishna. Numbered ‘f.19’ in nagari. 130 by 112 mm. Vasudeva arrives to remove the infant Krishna while guards sleep outside and on the roof.
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1780
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Devaki and Vasudeva
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Devaki and Vasudeva. Numbered ‘f.21’ in nagari. 140 by 222 mm. Devaki sits with the changeling child, Vasudeva, chained at the end of the bed. The guards are asleep outside and on the roof.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1780
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1 Item

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Nanda and Garga
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Nanda and Garga. Numbered ‘f.38’ on reverse in nagari. 124 by 100 mm. Nanda welcomes Garga in his house, the two men seated on low stools within a pillared chamber.
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1780
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Title:
The infant Krishna
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The infant Krishna. Numbered ‘f.29’ in nagari. 140 by 132 mm. Krishna is suckled by Yasoda in a courtyard outside her house.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1780
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