A dwarf and a leper. Inscribed: ‘2 Lusus Natura objects at Madras’; in German: ‘Ein Zwerg. Ein Aussätziger. Von beyden Arten giebt es hier viel’ (A dwarf. A leper. Of both kinds there are many here). Wash; 7.25 by 4.5ins.
J.22,11a-d Four drawings of ladies. Mughal, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawings with gold. These four drawings, th ...
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J.22,11a-d Four drawings of ladies. Mughal, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawings with gold. These four drawings, the work of one artist, are now mounted together on a single album leaf in the Deccani style of the late seventeenth century. The gold embellish...
Gujari (or Daksina-Gujari) Ragini. A girl sits on a couch strewn with flowers holding a ‘vina’ with one hand and putting the other to her ear (indicating her ability to distinguish notes and quarter-tones). See Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXXIV for the Sanskrit description.
Setmalar Ragini. An ascetic with a long beard and blue skin sits on a leopard-skin holding a rosary between trees and with a doorway behind with wall-decorations representing yogis. Rain is falling. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Ragini Bhairon.’ 156 by 117 mm.
Varari Ragini. Two lovers are seated on a bed, the lady is waving a cloth while the man touches her breast. A maid is waving a ‘chauri’ on the right. Identified in Hindi: ‘Varari Ragini’ and numbered ‘23’; on reverse in Persian: ‘Ragini Bairari.’
Bhairava Raga. A lord seated with a consort puts a hand upon her breast. Four other girls are in attendance with ‘chauris’ and sandal paste, which is being prepared in the. foreground. Identified in Hindi: ‘Bhairavi Raga’ and numbered ‘1’.
Vilavali Ragini. A lady seated on a bed performs her toilet before a mirror held by a maid. A second maid waves a ‘chauri’ and two cockerels are in the foreground. Identified in Hindi: ‘Vilavali Ragini’ and numbered ‘14’; on reverse in Persian: ‘Ragini...’ (defaced).
Malavi Ragini. A lover embraces his lady as they walk towards a bed-chamber. There are trees on the left. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Desi Ragini.’ 155 by 117 mm.
