Lalita Ragini. The lady lies on a bed, looking back at her lover who stands at the foot of the bed. The sky is moonlit. Original number: ‘6’. Reproduced: Stchoukine (1929), pl.LXXIVb; Bussagli (1969), pl.69.
Malkos Raga. The couple is seated on a green mat in a courtyard beside a verandah; the man offers the lady a cup of wine. Original number: ‘7’. Inscriptions on reverse list the ‘raginis’ of’ Malkos Raga’ as: ‘Gauri, Khambhavati, Ramakali, Kalyana’ and ‘Gunakari.’
Malasri Ragini. A lady kneels beside a lotus pool outside a bed-chamber, plucking the petals from a lotus flower. Original number: ‘4.’ Reproduced: ‘Rupam,’ no.20, January 1927, 33; Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LIV, fig.D (incorrectly identified as Johnson Album 37, no.12).
Ramakali Ragini. The lover kneels before his lady who turns her head away from his pleas. A confidante stands on the left reasoning with the lady. Original number missing.
Bhairava Raga. Bhairava is seated on a terrace embracing his consort, with female musicians playing in a pavilion on the right. Note: The red inscription of identification is missing, but this ‘raga’ is identified in the inscriptions of its dependent ‘raginis’ as’ Bhairon Raga.’
J.44,1-42 Forty-two paintings comprising a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to a special system. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780 ...
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J.44,1-42 Forty-two paintings comprising a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to a special system. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed with identification and descriptions in Persian. Drawings with some water-colour;...