Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (Mridangam). One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
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Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (‘Mridangam’). Inscribed: ‘Kurma avataran (Vishnu)’. Note: This seems more Saiva than Vishnu. ‘Kurma’ avatar is the tortoise.
A Male Nyl Ghy caught in the Jungle near Muttra when about four Days Old in July 1809 and in April 1812 sent from Meerut to Calcutta
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‘A Male Nyl Ghy caught in the Jungle near Muttra when about four Days Old in July 1809 and in April 1812 sent from Meerut to Calcutta to go on board the Marquis Wellesley East Indiaman Captain Le Blanc for His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent.’ Note: The ‘Marquis Wellesley’ under Captain Charles...
A Female Nyl Ghy about two year old gave by Lieut. White H.M. 24th Dragoons to Colonel Hardyman and sent from Meerut to Calcutta in April 1812
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‘A Female Nyl Ghy about two year old gave by Lieut. White H.M. 24th Dragoons to Colonel Hardyman and sent from Meerut to Calcutta in April 1812 to go on board the Marquess Wellesley Captain Le Blanc for His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent.’ Note: Lieutenant Michael White of the 24th Dragoons.
Yasoda protecting young Krishna from a playful gazelle.
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Yasoda protecting young Krishna from a playful gazelle. Inscribed below: ‘When ar Woman went to take a Kistna on her hands hears brest lela the was out this passion. 99.’
Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Please crop as indicated'; on verso: '6453.1.7 / N / 17s / Parkend' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Landscape Photography A misty scene of a grass track cutting through shrubs and trees; a deer stands in the distance facing the camera. Published 107 of ‘Secret Fores...