A dog. Mughal, c.1740-70. Numbered ‘33’ on reverse. Ink and pencil drawing; mounted with border of grey paper. 89 by 100 mm; page 224 by 160 mm. A dog stands in a landscape facing the viewer, a collar about his neck.
A hermit with a lion. Mughal, c.1700. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Sheik Selim Chisti in his hermitage brought to light by taming a lion. He first was a favourite of Akber and then killed his own son pretending to transfer his life to Jehangir so that this prince might have a son’; in Persian chara...