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Thanks to #lockdown all the #Princesses know only three things '#socialdistancing declining calls & taking rest'! #SleepingBeauty
'Princess Reclining on a Day Bed'
#Hyderabad, Early 19th C
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper.
@iamrana @ssharadmohhan @katherineschof8
A very Large Map of Pilgrim Sites along #Ganges #YatraPatha, from #Jaipur #Rajasthan 18th C. On cotton, yellow ground painted with palaces, temples, villages & place names inscribed in devanagari, elephants & tigers shown.
59in x 42ft
@ChristiesInc sold it for GBP156500
@iamrana
Pic1
The #ShoreTemple, #Mamallapuram, a watercolor, c.1784 (#BL)
Pic2
"Temple at Mahabalipoor," by William Daniell, c.1799
The Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, by John Gantz, c.1825
A guardian figure, once part of a stone railing.
@iamrana @KumariRukshmani @ssharadmohhan @JAJafri
@iamrana @KumariRukshmani @ssharadmohhan @zarafshan @EvolveLeadLove @JAJafri @hashjaipur @IndoIslamicPage @tawairkh @IndiaArtHistory @e_rajasthan @fisheyedmeena @swativashishtha @ChristiesInc @KulbeliTweets @Chemburstudio Here are three more paintings by Edwin Lord Weeks 1849-1903 on Hunting or Hunt Party.
#Jodhpur #Jaipur #Rajasthan
#WorldAnimalDay #WorldAnimalDay2019
@iamrana @KumariRukshmani @ssharadmohhan @swativashishtha @tawairkh @KulbeliTweets
@JAJafri
#RumiDarwaza
Pic1
Copper engraving by H. Salt & C. Heath, published in George Viscount Valentia's Voyages & Travels, 1811
via: https://t.co/BCGRRuhUPX
Pic2
#RumiDarvaza from north-west by #SeetaRam c1814 (BL)
Pic3
Lord Hasting's elephant procession.SeetaRam1814 #Lucknow
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@iamrana @KumariRukshmani @IndiaArtHistory @ssharadmohhan @tawairkh @IndoIslamicPage @JAJafri @KulbeliTweets @zarafshan @bombaywalee @swativashishtha @fisheyedmeena @Chemburstudio @EvolveLeadLove @LiveHIndia @HeritageTimesIN #Thread 8/9
#Executions #Punishment #WarofIndependence1857
"British civilization; how the English treat prisoners of war-blowing sepoys from Guns in India, 1857,"
from 'Harper's Weekly' 1862 Source: #ebay 2008
#Firozpur #Ferozpore #Kanpur
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@iamrana @KumariRukshmani @ssharadmohhan @JAJafri @tawairkh @fisheyedmeena @IndoIslamicPage @KulbeliTweets @zarafshan @EvolveLeadLove @kamlesm @murtuzaspeaks @LiveHIndia @IndiaArtHistory @ArchitecIndian @bombaywalee @swativashishtha @sufimusafir @SyedAbdul22 @Soofinama 12
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Pic 1 #Muharram procession #Bhopal dt.1878
Pic 2 #DeendayalCollection dt.1880
Pic 3 #Bombay dt.1880
Pic 4 #Taziya & #Taboot dt.1890
#Ashura #Muharram #MuharramUlHaram
Source: #ebay
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'Krishna & Rukmini'
Date: ca. 1780
#Garhwal School #Uttarakhand India
Rukmini wrote a love letter to Krishna & begged him to steal her away & take her as his wife. On the morning of her wedding to the evil Shishupala, Krishna kidnaps her in front of her family & retinue!
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Remembering Raja Ravi Varma on his #birthanniversary #April29 , celebrated painter & artist from #Kerala #India.
He is among the greatest artists in the history of #IndianArt
#RajaRaviVarma
@KumariRukshmani @authindia @tawairkh @BLAsia_Africa @ssharadmohhan @JAJafri @metmuseum