A common carriage for native women. Inscribed: ‘A common Carriage for Native Women.’ The image is framed by a black border. The image continues outside of the frame. 24.2 by 19.7cm
Chandra the Moon, his whole body surrounded by the orb of the moon, seated on a lotus on a four-wheeled chariot drawn by two antelopes, and driven by a red crowned charioteer seated astride the yoke.
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Candra the Moon, white and crowned and wearing a yellow dhoti, holding ‘khadga’ and trident, his whole body surrounded by the orb of the moon, seated on a lotus on a four-wheeled chariot drawn by two antelopes, and driven by a red crowned charioteer seated astride the yoke. Inscribed in Persian...
Surya the Sun,surrounded by the orb of the sun, seated on a lotus on a four-wheeled chariot, drawn by seven horses, one of them the seven-headed Ucchravas, the reins held by Aruna, red, eagle-faced and winged.
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Surya the Sun, red and four-faced, crowned. surrounded by the orb of the sun, four-armed, holding conch, quoit, lotus and mace, seated on a lotus on a four-wheeled chariot, drawn by seven horses, one of them the seven-headed Ucchaihsravasa, the reins held by Aruna, red, eagle-faced and winged. ...
Route de Colombo a Kandy (Ceylan) Mai 1841. [with an elephant carriage etc.]. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
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Route de Colombo à Kandy (Ceylan) Mai 1841. [An elephant carriage and other travellers.] Lithograph of an elephant carriage and other travellers on the road from Colombo to Kandy in Sri Lanka by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after the original drawing by Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov of ...