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'A Washerman (Dhobi) and his wife at the Site of a Stream in #Bombay'
c1840 painting from @bonhams1793
It was finally in 1890 that the World's Largest Open Air Laundry Place at Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat #Mumbai was opened.
@SloganMurugan @ranjona @vijivenkatesh @msteckchandani
Street Food being sold in Front of Wazir Khan Mosque, #Lahore
An 1888 AD painting by #EdwinLordWeeks now in a private collection.
This Mosque was built in 1634 by Wazir Khan, Vazir to the #Mughal Ruler #Shahjahan
#PakistanAt75 Best wishes to #Pakistan on #PakistanIndependenceDay
What a coincidence!
#HarGharTiranga on this c1760 AD #Pahari painting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh now @britishmuseum
Three women dressed in colours of the Indian Flag sit in front of a Man who is dressed in colours of the Pakistani Flag!
@DalrympleWill @ranjona @ranjithoskote
c1870 #CompanyPainting by Sanee (?) now in #ToorCollection 'A Guddee Family of the Hills with their Mastiff'
The Gaddi Tribe is found mostly in the #Bharmour region of #Chamba & #Dharamsala #HimachalPradesh & parts of #JammuAndKashmir #Jammu.
@ranjona @DalrympleWill @RaiSwatiRai
So Hot & Humid #Delhi, don't feel like Dressing up!
Missing #DelhiRains
But, in this c1750 painting from #Udaipur #Mewar #Rajasthan, an 'undressed Baba Bharath Singh' was portrayed undressed as he was implicated in a plot to kill Maharaja Jagat Singh II.
@ranjona @DalrympleWill
A birthday & it happens to be mine!
Yes, I turn 60 today.
Bouquets begin to arrive, as this 'Imaginary Carnation' 1669 AD painting from #Aurangabad #Deccan sold by @ChristiesInc ($200,000).
Previously belonged to the Maharaja of #Jaipur & Shuja al-Daula, Nawab of #Lucknow #Awadh
When will see 'him' (the one who can't be named), dressed like this?
c1780 AD #CompanyPainting of 'Pandaran of #Tanjore' now at @britishmuseum
A Tanjore #CompanySchool painting.
@ranjona @DalrympleWill @vijivenkatesh @swativashishtha @dpanikkar @RaiSwatiRai @Arthistorian18
Raja Balwant Singh of #Jasrota #Jammu smokes a #Huqqa on #WorldNoTobaccoDay in this c1745 #Pahadi painting by #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at @britishmuseum
Some people don't listen!
#Pahari art.
@DalrympleWill @ranjona @RaiSwatiRai @swativashishtha @dpanikkar
After Days of Fine Weather, #Delhi Heat is Back & so is the Umbrella
This c1830 #CompanyPainting of "'A Bearer Holding a Fan' from #Madras" was sold by @bonhams1793 yesterday for £1000
@DalrympleWill doesn't it look like a #Vellore #Tanjore painting by #ForgottenMasters Yellapah?
#InternationalMuseumWeek & today's #InternationalMuseumDay is @museumchd #Chandigarh
Most objects were transferred in 1947 from #LahoreMuseum like this c1780 #Pahadi painting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh 'Gods discuss their response to Taraka Asur with Sage Brihaspat'.
#Pahari