A woman holding a flower. Purchased September 1979. Gouache with gold; border of pink paper with black ink rules. 290 by 166 mm; with border 355 by 233 mm. A lady is standing holding a flower-sprig in her left hand; she wears a yellow ‘choli’ beneath a transparent pink-tinted sari with gold ...
A Hindu woman. Purchased September 1979. Inscribed on cover-paper: ‘A Gentoo Woman’; numbered in a different hand: ‘( 12)’; cover-paper of Dutch manufacture watermarked ‘J Honig & Zoonen.’ Gouache with gold; cyclamen pink border with black ink rules. 278 by 166 mm; with border 345 by 228...
Raja Shamsher Sen of Mandi (r.1727-1781) smoking a hookah.
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Raja Shamsher Sen of Mandi is presented kneeling on a terrace and drawing a hookah pipe to his lips. He is accompanied by an attendant standing directly behind waving a white handkerchief and a second attendant sitting by the base of the hookah. Mandi, 1760-70 Inscribed in takri: 'sri danpal' ...
Raja Ranjit Sen of Suket (r.1762-1791) with his brother, Kishan Singh.
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Portrait of Raja Ranjit Singh of Suket (r.1762-1791) seated in conversation with his younger brother Kishan Singh. 224 x 165 mm Purchased 2006 Inscribed in nasta'liq on left: mian kisan singh biradari khurd-i-ranjit singh pesar raja bhikam chand Inscribed in nasta'liq on right: raja ranjit ...
Standing male attendant holding a fly whisk. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Standing male figure holding a fly whisk. Inscribed: ‘Patna Bearer. Chauree’. Also colour note for ‘dhoti:’ ‘Dirty light red’. Pen and ink; 17.2 by 13 cm.