g katyan misraさんのイラストまとめ

Ruth St. Denis was an American modern dancer, known for her mysticism, spiritualism and Orientalism-She enacted as Radha. remember #AnnaPavalova also came to India & performed ballets based on Indian Themes collaborated with #UdayShankar Indian dance called oriental dance

breathtaking 61.50-carat #diamond, ‘The Eye of the Tiger’ was mounted by Cartier in a turban of #Maharaja #Nawanagar 1934.
how much wealth was there during British rule? #GDP might hav been topmost?
present status of Diamond? anyone?
pic stolen from @reenaahluwalia site&pin

Maqbara of Bahu Begum #Faizabad in a vintage photo. it is said that she had in will gave 3 lakh sicca (rupees?) for construction of her maqbara. over her grave to Darab Ali Khan.

A #milkman with his wife, Madras, ca. 1785 . Museum Number IS.75:14-1954.
first time i found such milk #churning #mathani
pots hanging are with Butter i think?

c: V&A

#ayah in blue choli carrying a (bone?)china ewer & basin #Trichinopoly ca.1860-70 Museum Number 4660:2/(IS).V&A
without them no colonial officer or their family could survive? many were trafficked to UK Europe? God knows what happened to them? illegal status for them? converted?

A master builder, Madras, ca. 1785.
Museum Number IS.75 22-1954.
#mistry-manson
sometimes called Rajmistry
V&A

this is perfectly a #Tanjore #nautch party #dance as evident from Dress of that #Devdasi performing #Sadir dance #Dasi_Attam? rechristened as #bharatnatyam
company #painting
#sarangi replaced by #Violin. flute cymbol, mridang Kanjira? & Janeu type thread on shoulders of dancer

similar looking #Nautch Party? change is in colour of cloths? that small girl is missing.
company painting
c: sothebys
taken frm pinterest

#Nautch party? as it is titled. that was common word referred to such #dance
#sarangi #tambura #cymbol accompanied by clapping to-to give flow of beats?
but dress does not matches with titled-where #Tanjore is mentioned? or may be this troupe visited it
V&A

#Bengal sepoy or Sipahi?
what is meaning of word sepoy? how it was coined?
see the #uniform
or when they were not in uniform?