g katyan misraさんのイラストまとめ

Couple, 19th century painting from Deccan? Via #Artcurial @Artcurial
Could be warrior from Rajputana, sword, huqqa, spear, dagger too. Lady with ghaghara choli & jewellery. What's written in persian script?

pillars of a jain temple of 13th century at Chandravati now ruined for my tag line #DoorsOfIndia
Architecture at Ahmedabad, Capital of Goozerat, photographed by Colonel Biggs ... descriptive sketch, by T. C. H, ... & architectural notes by J. Fergusson via @britishlibrary

Temple at Chandravati, 1847
plate 6 from James Fergusson's book 'Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan' @britishlibrary
Ruined temples of 7th century are found. Many sculptures shifted to Jhalarapatan
lithograph by Thomas Colman Dibdin

@V_and_A Wealthy Bengalies at Calcutta vied with each other, invited nautch girls-courtesans, from faraway Lucknow & Delhi, for entertainment
"Raja Nob Kishen’s Nautch Party at Calcutta” news appeared in Calcutta Gazette of 20-10-1814(?)
👇c1825, painting by Charles D’Oyly @V_and_A

tamasha? Ruler Samgram Singh celebrating flower festival on New Year? could be basant utsav? at Gulab bari or Bagh, Rose garden at Udaipur, 1715-20 AD painting at #francescagalloway
Kan playing Rebab, Chand & Kiro singing & playing dholak?
on lower right a dancer-singer performs

Abhiman? अभिमान
खंडिता खंडित नायिका?
Painting by Hemendranath Mazumdar from Bengal School of Art

Maharaja Raj Singh, surrounded by ladies from his harem. compare sizes?
1710–20 painting from Sawar @metmuseum
easy to guess what's going on? but there is cruel face also, exploitation of power-to exploit women?
reading novel Goli by Acharya Chatursen one gets another view

@britishmuseum Mother & Child, similar murti as was in Cleveland Art museum is this Sculpture in Stone, Matrika from Rajasthan (Tanesara) dated 7th Century at @britishmuseum
all features are same? don't know whether they are copy of one sculpture?

सूत कातना, कतली, चरखा कातना, बुनकर Weavers combing a warp & women reeling & spinning. from Boileau Album, painting by artists from Thanjavur (Tanjore) living in Madras dated 1785 @V_and_A
India has illustrious art & craft of textile fabric making, dyeing. Even cloth exported

childish acts of बाल कृष्ण
Krishna steals clothes of gopis, when they were bathing in river, folio from Bhagavat Puran
1690-1700 Painting from Bikaner @NatAsianArt
Prov from 1690 to possibly ca. 1960s in possession Bikaner royal family
how it was sold? when?