Visnu. Murshidabad, c.1770. Formerly Album 49, no.1; presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Inscribed above: ‘Vishnu’; in a different hand: ‘From Dr Fleming.’ Gouache with gold; red border. 169 by 246 mm; page 203 by 270 mm. Visnu is seated on a lotus upon a white terrace wearing a yellow ‘...
Rama and Sita. Murshidabad, c.1770. Formerly Album 49, no.2; presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Gouache with gold; blue border; included in the same mount, the fly-leaf from Dr Fleming’s album with the inscription: ‘Book 49.8 Mythological drawings. Presented by Dr. Fleming.’ 215 by 267 m...
Bhairava. Murshidabad, c.1770. Formerly Album 49, no.5; presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Inscribed above: ‘From Dr FIeming.’ Gouache with gold; red and yellow borders. 201 by 116 mm; page 236 by 135 mm. Bhairava rides a white dog on the slopes of Mount Kailasa, wearing orange trunks a...
Ganesa and Parvati. Murshidabad, c.1770. Formerly Album 49, no.6; presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Inscribed above: ‘The Infant Ganesa in the lap of his Mother Parvati / From Dr Fleming.’ Gouache with gold; red and mauve borders. 169 by 104 mm; page 238 by 136 mm. The young Ganesa, we...
The Jagannatha trio. Similar to Add.Or.3688-91, with a thick white stroke indicating the Sudarsana Cakra. Jagannatha with a black shield-like face. Wooden ‘arms’ protruding into the border. Black border with yellow hatching. By a citrakar of Puri, Puri district, Orissa, late-nineteenth cent...