Kanada Ragini. Two courtiers hail Krishna who stands with a sword over his shoulder. An elephant is in the foreground with a severed tusk. 237 by 133 mm; page 258 by 151 mm.
Desakhya Ragini. Hyderabad, c.1750. Bellasis Album; deposited on permanent loan by Capt. K.Oliver-Bellasis, R.N., 10 September 1960. Gouache; narrow gold border. 191 by 144 mm. Five men wearing shorts perform feats of weight-lifting and acrobatics against a yellow background. Their turbans ...
Asavari Ragini. A girl is seated on a hillock with snakes entwined about her body, wearing a peacock-feather skirt. The landscape has water in the foreground. 230 by 133 mm; page 248 by 150 mm.
Visnu with a consort. Mewar, c.1760. Bellasis Album; deposited on permanent loan by Capt. K. Oliver-Bellasis, R.N., 10 September 1960. Gouache; orange border. 200 by 155 mm; page 218 by 168 mm. Visnu is seated in a garden with a consort and five girls in attendance, one with a ‘tambur.’
The emperor Humayan (1530-40, 1555-56). Inscribed above in Hindi: ‘Humayan Padshah.’ Humayan stands in a field with a hawk perched on his wrist, dressed in orange and gold.