Man and woman cooking their food. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Zan u’ ‘mard ba ham-digar ta‘am’ ‘mi-pazand’ (A man and woman cooking food together). Two torch-bearers.
Visnu. Murshidabad, c.1770. Formerly Album 49, no.1; presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Inscribed above: ‘Vishnu’; in a different hand: ‘From Dr Fleming.’ Gouache with gold; red border. 169 by 246 mm; page 203 by 270 mm. Visnu is seated on a lotus upon a white terrace wearing a yellow ‘...
Rama and Sita. Murshidabad, c.1770. Formerly Album 49, no.2; presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Gouache with gold; blue border; included in the same mount, the fly-leaf from Dr Fleming’s album with the inscription: ‘Book 49.8 Mythological drawings. Presented by Dr. Fleming.’ 215 by 267 m...
Gajendra-moksha. Murshidabad, c.1770. Formerly Album 49, no.3; presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Inscribed above: ‘From’ ‘Dr Fleming’. Gouache with gold; red border. 175 by 125 mm; page 210 by 135 mm. The salvation of the king elephant; he stands on the river-bank holding a lotus flowe...
Radha and Krishna. Murshidabad, c.1770. Formerly Album 49, no.4; presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Inscribed above: ‘Krishna’; in a different hand: ‘From Dr Fleming.’ Gouache with gold; red border with narrow yellow inner band. 156 by 115 mm; page 208 by 146 mm. They stand arm in arm o...