Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদさんのイラストまとめ

'An Indian Spotted Cuckoo' 1781 AD #Calcutta #CompanyPainting by Sheikh Zayn al-Din of #Patna sold by @ChristiesInc (64,900). Property of the late Anthony Hobson who bought it from the Linnaen Society.
@KB1997_ @DalrympleWill @Peachtreespeaks @ranjona @vijivenkatesh @RaiSwatiRai

'Knives are out' & so are the 'Swords' after #ElectionCommission declares elections in #Punjab, #Goa, #UttarPradesh, #Uttrakhand & #Manipur.
So, #Pahari painting by #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh of Swords of Raja Balwant Singh of #Nagrota #Jammu, c1750, sold by @Sothebys

Princess Munisha (?) daughter of #Mughal ruler #Jahangir in this c 1750 #Hyderabad #Deccan painting from Adrianus Canter Visscher collection at @rijksmuseum
Interestingly @DalrympleWill, the Princess holds on to a tree as a Salabhanjika. Unusual?
@Peachtreespeaks @vijivenkatesh

Tax Collectors and an obviously unhappy group of Village Elders.
c1810 #Delhi or #Haryana #CompanyPainting from the #FraserAlbum probably by artist Ghulam Ali Khan, now at @harvartmuseums (?)
@DalrympleWill @ranjona @vijivenkatesh @Peachtreespeaks @dpanikkar @RaiSwatiRai

Queen Choladevi, who's Husband was blessed by Goddess #Lakshmi, did not recognise her. Angered, Lakshmi turns her Head into a Boar's. She approaches Sage Angiras to learn Mahalakshmi Vrata to restore her Mortal Form.
c1790 #Guler #HimachalPradesh #Pahari painting now @metmuseum

Making a Frame for Fireworks.
As we prepare to burn #Ravan effigy on #Dusshera today, ever wondered how these were made in 'those' days?
Like this! And still.
c1815 #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow now at @KNMAIndia.
#HappyDussehra2021
@Peachtreespeaks @dpanikkar @ranjona @iamrana

Portrait of a Pashtun Recruit in style of #FraserAlbum (but not from it), 20th cent #Delhi or #Haryana, sold by @ChiswickAuct
Armed to the teeth but still carrying Faith in one hand. Anything changed over the centuries in #Afghanistan?
@DalrympleWill @Peachtreespeaks @ranjona

As season begins to change, it is time to repot seeds for the winter season.
1588 AD #MughalArt by artist Mahesh, made at #Lahore for #Mughal Emperor #Akbar's Anwari Diwan (Collection of Works), now at @harvartmuseums
'It is the Day for Gardening'.
@Peachtreespeaks @dpanikkar

Khalij Bird.
This engraving is from William Kirkpatrick's 'An Account of the Mission to Nepal in 1793' first edition of 1811, at @bonhams1793 sale of 14th September.
To know more about William Kirkpatrick, read @DalrympleWill's '#WhiteMughal'.
@Peachtreespeaks @dpanikkar

Wah (and, 'Sigh' too)!

From Brij & Kanishka Sharma's collection on @bonhams1793 sale, an 1842 'Only Edition' of William Taylor's "The Manners & Customs of Indians & Anglo-Indians".
@ranjona @iamrana @Peachtreespeaks @swativashishtha @dpanikkar @tajmahalfoxtrot

Sundays be like..