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c1770 AD painting from #Murshidabad depicting the Stately Procession of a 'Nawab & his Retainers' sold by @Sothebys to @KNMAIndia on 22nd Sept 2020 for US$70,000
By this time #EastIndiaCompany had caused a Famine in #Bengal as seen here?
So writes @DalrympleWill in 'The Anarchy'.
A Charmer of Snakes. Company School, Parlby album. Murshidabad, early 19th century. Sotheby's.
Woman selling fish, Murshidabad, 18th Century, Company art.
The bigger the fish, the bigger is the cutting instrument.
Can anyone guess the fish she is cutting??🤔 🐟
कच्ची कली अनारकली!
Flower 18th century painting from Murshidabad
Nice beautiful documentation of #biodiversity of India in company paintings though few mughal paintings too are done on flora fauna
Few things never changed, like fish cutting instrument and the way it is cut.
Pic 1:- 18th Century, Murshidabad, Bangal
Pic 2:- Fisherman at my home today.
'Green Parrot', c1820 #CompanySchool #CompanyPainting from #Murshidabad #Bengal now with @ClevelandArt appears to depict a Female Derbyan Parakeet, also known as Lord Derby Parakeet.
Commissioned by officials of #EastIndiaCompany Indian artists made these in European styles.
bengalee women, an illustration said to be from "Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque?, Vol. I By Fanny Parkes?
is it true?
seems to be Patna kalam painting or murshidabad?
*Lunchtime* A fishmonger and her cat. Murshidabad, c. 1798. British Library, Add Or 1231. #MewseumMonday
(#Isfahan-born) Gurgin Khan, the #Armenian general of Nawab #MirQasim, by Dip Chand, #Murshidabad~1760-3 ©V&A Museum https://t.co/hrBjXxhAOM