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৫২! Be you, sure of yourself, who you are.
Seeking more warmth for others and for self- patience!
#musings
Thomas Hickey's painting of an Indian Lady (Indian bibi), 1787, National Gallery of Ireland. Probably a depiction of William Hickey's Bengali partner Jemdanee.
@DalrympleWill @ranjona @zebtariq @ShabnamSyedKha2
#history #arthistory #art #culture
New Delhi Times (1986) seeing the poster after decades #Poster #cinema #hindi https://t.co/CAqsVXxVeB
I write ON the amazing Ziryab! Ziryab enchanted the court of Cordoba, transforming life in Al - Andalus.
#OpenAccess now #History #cultures of the world
Dropping again for those who may be interested and hadn't read it earlier as it was behind paywall! https://t.co/BdT0KNIMUE
1.A long road with a longer history - The Chitpore Road in ca. 1867,a chromolithograph by William Simpson. Perhaps one of the definitive visuals that describes colonial #Kolkata @britishlibrary @DalrympleWill @ranjona @jhowesuk #arthistory #Colonialism #history #Bengal #culture
A realistic painting of two holy men conversing, Attributable to Payag, India, circa 1630-35, with calligraphy by the Royal Scribe Mir 'Ali, Persia, first half 16thC @Sothebys @DalrympleWill
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#art #History #culture #arthistory
One of the earliest reference of #Honey 🍯 scene of 'Gathering Honey,Tomb of Rekhmire' ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Was looking for oldest visuals of honey.
@metmuseum @DalrympleWill @ShabnamSyedKha2 @ranjona @fzhassan
#Egypt #ancient #archeology #history #food
'A Nauhria Moneylender’Punjab;c.1850-1860.Nearly 100years earlier existed a real life money lender more powerful than EIC & the rulers of Bengal.Strangely there's no artistic representation of Jagat Seth!? @DalrympleWill @iamrana @ranjona @fzhassan @ShabnamSyedKha2 #History #art