A Maiden Adjusting her Veil
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Unknown artist
Bikaner, Rajasthan,
c.1720
"With slightly-flexed, hennaed toes, she walks among wildflowers under a rose-tinted dawn"
https://t.co/kChPalkutM
A large painted cloth hanging depicting cowherds and Gopis playing #Holi
Gouache on cloth
2mX2.4m
Rajasthan, possibly Jaipur,
19th century
https://t.co/cFZpybQx2G
A horse-drawn two-wheeled Ekka with canopy
Drawing; watercolour
Company School
Calcutta,
c.1885
https://t.co/Jaxjc3idfE
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Scene at the Nautch Festival
Watercolour
By Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815-75)
"The scene records a festival given by Maun Singh in March 1859. Lundgren shows himself seated to the right, drawing, with Sir William Mansfield beside him."
https://t.co/solgDtYIBZ
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Portrait of Tipu Sultan,
after Edward Orme,
hand-coloured lithograph captioned "Perser"
1850s
https://t.co/B5BvRxh406
Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603), born #onthisday, 7 September 1533, sent this letter to the
Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605)
The letter was carried by John Newbery and Derby-born London leather merchant Ralph Fitch.
They set sail on the ship Tiger on Shrove Tuesday, 1583
A girl playing the tambur while her companion listens
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Bikaner, Rajasthan,
c.1660
"Scenes of female friendship ...may have been specifically commissioned by noblewomen, many of whom were powerful patrons of the arts"
https://t.co/8quEj6d1K6
The Old East India House in Leadenhall Street 1648 to 1726
From a c.1830 print
"The earliest info relating to the East India Co: the account of a meeting of London merchants held at Founder's Hall on 22 Sep 1599..."
https://t.co/4P78Dxjgdp
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Two Men Selling Pan (betel leaves)
Gouache painting by an Indian artist
Date: between 1800 and 1899?
https://t.co/QQmEHaObdx
The Fortune Teller
Attributed to
Thomas Musgravejoy (British, 1812-66)
Oil on canvas
63.5cm x 76cm (25in x 30in)
https://t.co/wpFVypqlT2