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#CompanySchool #CompanyPainting by artist #SheikhZainAlDin, of a 'Fasciated curucui' from the #ImpeyAlbum, 1779 AD, sold by @ChristiesInc to @AsianArtLondon (?).
For more like these, visit #ForgottenMasters display @WallaceMuseum curated by @DalrympleWill.
Fyi @dpanikkar @iamrana
c1670 portrait attributed to Rasul Khan of Shah Raju II, the spiritual guide of Sultan Abul Hassan of #Golconda #Deccan surmounted on a powerful horse from whose mouth steam emanates. Zoom to see this. #HorsePower.
From the collection of @AgaKhanMuseum, Canada.
@DalrympleWill
'An #Indian Dancing Girl from #Faizabad, with a #Hookah'.
From #PaulMellonCollection, a beautiful 1772 CE painting by #TillyKettle, the 1st prominent #British portrait artist to operate in #India is with @YaleBritishArt Yale Centre for British Art, USA.
@DalrympleWill @dpanikkar
#KhwajaSahib.
An allegorical outdoor scene of a gathering of Holy men near the #sufi shrine of #Chishti, #Ajmer watching celebration of #Zikr or Whirling Dance, watched by 12 #Hindu reformers of 15th to 17th century.
From @V_and_A, c1650 AD.
@DalrympleWill @dpanikkar @Soofinama
#ForgottenMasters curated by @DalrympleWill opens 4th Dec @WallaceMuseum, UK.
#CompanySchool #CompanyPainting from around the world but bureaucratic issues prevents material from #India, eg,👇 c1770 #Nurpur #HimachalPradesh #Pahari art by #Nainsukh, now in #IndianMuseum, #Kolkata
@FreerSackler @smithsonian '6 Recruits' to #Skinner Regiment of #British #EastIndiaCompany Army.
This #FraserAlbum #CompanySchool #CompanyPainting by artist #GhulamAliKhan, #Delhi c1820 is on view from Dec 04 at @WallaceMuseum's #ForgottenMasters display curated by @DalrympleWill
'Two Wild Buffalos' from #Baburnama, c1589, composed by #Kanha & artist #Mansur for #Mughal ruler #Akbar,
now with @FreerSackler @smithsonian.
On arrival in India, #Babur encountered many animals & flora which he hadn't seen before & these were precisely described in his memoirs.
Me, waiting for breakfast.
From @Sothebys this late 18th century painting from #Rajasthan or even #Mughal of a #European family at table.
The principle theme and artist are unknown. Nevertheless, it sold for £12,000.
@DalrympleWill @dpanikkar
c1850 #Pahari painting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh, now in @philamuseum 'Construction of Ram Setu (bridge) between #India and #SriLanka which leads to war between #Rama and #Ravana'.
#Ramayan.
Happy #HanumanJayanti to all.
@iamrana @Soofinama @IslamicLandmark @DilliKiRanaiyan From @SomersetAndWood this rare mica 19th century #CompanySchool #CompanyPainting of #Muharram "Figure with Cymbals". The first month of #Islamic calender, it is NOT a celebration. #Karbala #Muharram #Hussain #HusseiniBrahmin