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1916 advt. for Johnnie Walker Red Label Whisky. Till the 1970s/1980s or so this was among the popular Scotch whiskies in India (sourced from abroad). Few people were aware abt Single Malts. pic from NLA #History #Scotch @ssharadmohhan @ranveersiiingh @johnniewalker_ @PunjabiRooh https://t.co/ZVCWnyZw0C
@tatvakhalsa @sialmirzagoraya I have posted some old 19th cen works where Guru Sahib ji is using a Kirpan (it looks like one) for making the Amrit ...
Rare portrait of a standing Maharaja Ranjit Singh by Leopold Massard painted possibly in Maharaja’s lifetime (1830s?). pic courtesy Sothebys #Art #History #Punjab #Sikh @DalrympleWill @YungBhujang @Kharagket @JasKand @SirPentapotamia @RamblingSingh @ranveersiiingh @ssharadmohhan
Baz Bahadur, Rupmati & their dog going in for the kill. Both Baz Bahadur & Rupmati holding their bows in their left hands. 1770 #Nurpur from @LACMA #Art #History #Pahari @DalrympleWill @dpanikkar @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @PropitiousOn3O @ranveersiiingh @theheritagelab @JAJafri https://t.co/891Jeybrx7
Lord #Shiva standing before Parvati & two ladies in a snowy (?) landscape, scene from before their wedding. Can’t immediately recollect seeing snow in a #Pahari painting. 18th cen #Kangra frm @AllahabadMuseum #Art #History @DalrympleWill @dpanikkar @ssharadmohhan @swativashishtha
Inscribed (R to L) Ghafil Beg, disciple of Mawlawi Sahib, Mawlawi Salamat Allah, & Nur Muhammad, sitar player, former inhabitant of Nizamgarh.
The Eyre & Hobhouse label on the reverse of the frame attributes this watercolour to Ghulam Ali Khan @DalrympleWill @katherineschof8 #Art https://t.co/fLKpgzZgfG
Group of six devotees of Lord #Krishna five with musical instruments, singing bhajans. All with peacock feather in their caps/turbans. The devotee under the Weeping Willow may be the leader. 18th cen frm Louvre #Art #History @DalrympleWill @ssharadmohhan @dpanikkar @Yashaswini_Ch
Maharaja Ranjeet Singh & a European, perhaps Gov. Gen. Of India George Eden, brother of Emily Eden. 1830s from @ExploreWellcome #Art #History #Punjab #Sikh @DalrympleWill @ssharadmohhan @YungBhujang @Kharagket @ranveersiiingh @SirPentapotamia @JasKand @amaanbali @theheritagelab
Maharaja Gulab Singh of #Jammu & #Kashmir around 1847, he was abt 55 years old. pic frm Recollections of India-Kashmir & the Alpine Punjab by Charles Stewart Hardinge #History #Art #Punjab @DalrympleWill @ssharadmohhan @ranveersiiingh @Kharagket @YungBhujang @amaanbali @JasKand
Maharaja Fateh Singh of #Sitamau with his son Kunwar Raj Singh attributed to Swarup Ram, 1800. Sitamau was a small Princely State in present day Madhya Pradesh. pic frm Sothebys #MadhyaPradesh #Art #History @DalrympleWill @ssharadmohhan @dpanikkar @swativashishtha @theheritagelab https://t.co/caGsJZY7Bi