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Interested in history, art, people, culture. I am not a historian and never studied history beyond school.

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French Company School. That’s the description given by Freer Sackler to these works which may have been rendered by a local Indian artist of the area of South India on commission for a French official or merchant. Captions in French. c.1840

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2019-09-03

Two images of Maharaja Sher Singh son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He ruled frm 1841-1843 & was sketched by many foreign visitors to his court. Both images 19th c. Left attributed to Emily Eden courtesy & Right unknown artist courtesy

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2019-08-29

Two images of Palanquin Bearers, Delhi 1820. Company School, unknown artist (?) These were part of the works exhibited in 2017 at the 20th Anniversary of Asian Art in London, Grosvenor Gallery with an introduction by

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2019-08-27

Jugal Kishore Gosain (Hindu ascetic of the Gosain sect) of Delhi with a group of Hindu religious men most of whom have been identified with their names inscribed in Persian (?). Delhi c.1820 pic courtesy BM

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2019-08-14

A woman commits Sati watched by a crowd including a women, musicians, sepoys. The scene is set on the bank of a river with pyre & smoke reflected in the water. 1770-80 pvt collection.

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2019-04-11

An all-womens group playing Holi (L) 18th century and an all-mens group celebrating Holi (R) 19th century. Who is having more fun ? Happy Holi

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2019-03-20

Street scenes of Bombay, Poona & Bangalore. This one is of Bombay, 1866 by William Simpson. Architecture to note is the elaborate red-and-green coloured carving on wooden pillars & beams of houses. The man in a white turban reading a book is a Parsi priest.

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2019-03-08

Cigarette Card showing ‘A Hindoo’ from the series Beauty of all Nations, 1899 by A. Baker & Co. Cigarette cards date back to the 1890s when manufacturers used to wrap cigarettes in paper and place a protective piece of card inside. pic courtesy NYPL

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2018-11-03

Raja Heera Singh by Emily Eden. 1844. pic courtesy BL

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2017-10-05