A horse-drawn two-wheeled Ekka with canopy
Drawing; watercolour
Company School
Calcutta,
c.1885

https://t.co/Jaxjc3idfE
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Kali Puja in Calcutta, October 1841, British oil painting

This quite matches to what the robbers of Valmiki Pratibha say,

“আজ রাতে ধুম হবে ভারি,
নিয়ে আয় কারণ বারি,
জ্বেলে দে মশালগুলো,
মনের মতন পুজো দেব,
নেচে নেচে ঘুরে ঘুরে!”

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🐍 The game birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon
Calcutta, A.O. Hume and Marshall[1879]-1881.
https://t.co/2TnZO18LSu

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🐍 The game birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon
Calcutta, A.O. Hume and Marshall[1879]-1881.
https://t.co/2TnZO18LSu

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1.The less seen Howrah side,Shalkia Ghat,a view of the opposite from Respondia Walk with a north wester coming on.Plate 7,James Baillie Fraser's 'Views of Calcutta,its Environs'.Fraser (1783-1856),acquaint coloured

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🐍 The game birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon
Calcutta, A.O. Hume and Marshall[1879]-1881.
https://t.co/2TnZO18LSu

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Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar) Calcutta, India

As a Prime Sentinel, had advanced cybernetic nanotech responsible for superhuman strength, resistance to injury and regenerative abilities, electrostatic poles mounted on her arms, flight, and a selection of unspecified weapons

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Look at this little one!

Malabar Giant Squirrel
Shaikh Zain Ud-Din
Impey Album, Calcutta, 1778

More cute animals: https://t.co/5T6y5zzXue

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reopening on 1st Nov. 2021

Watercolour depicting young boys seated on mats around their master, working on slates or palm leaves.
-Indian School Calcutta, ca. 1859
William Simpson, pencil and watercolour heightened with white.
Coll.

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Brahminy Starling with Two Anteraea Moths, Caterpillar and Cocoon on an Indian Jujube Tree
Painting by Shaikh Zain ud-Din,
Impey Album, Calcutta, 1777
Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Maria, Lady Nugent carried in a 'tonjon', accompanied by 24 bearers and attendants
Company School, Calcutta, April 1812
A tonjon was an open sedan chair carried by a single pole on men's shoulders

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Goddess Chinnamastā
unknown artist; Calcutta, West Bengal
20th century

read about Goddess Chinnamastā, Her iconography and symbolism on medium: https://t.co/td2ionQ3ok

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Robotech: Descent. The crew of the submarine Redeemer, out of New Calcutta, must stop a group of Zentraedi Malcontents who have stolen a RDF Destroyer, naming themselves The Lyktauros and terrorizing coastal settlements. With them are 2 prototype VS-1A Argonaut Veritech subs.

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Sketch between commissions and comic work dedicated to Calcutta, another artist from my country, I heard today he lost his mom. we're with ya, lad

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A Golden fronted leafbird perched on the branch of a peach tree. by Zayn Al-Din, Calcutta, East (c. 1775)

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A Golden fronted leafbird perched on the branch of a peach tree. by Zayn Al-Din, Calcutta, East (c. 1775)

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‘A Fasciated Curucui Bird.’ by Shaykh-Zayn Al-Din, (1779)

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‘A Fasciated Curucui Bird.’ by Shaykh-Zayn Al-Din, (1779)

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St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us.

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How did we forget ? A pair of yellow-footed green pigeons by Haludar (Calcutta, 1806) and a Jambu fruit pigeon by Manu Lal (Patna, c. 1807) from the Parry collection.

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