Lithograph of a religious procession inside the Ramalingeshwara Temple at Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu near Sri Lanka by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after the original drawing of June 1841 by Prince Aleksan

Temple at Rameswaram – 1809

A cavern on the summit of Mt. Jetting, Rameswaram – December 1800

Rama, Sita, and Hanuman

Watercolour and gilt on paper
18th century AD
India

Image credit:
By permission of The Bodleian Library

Painting of the Ghats on the banks of the river Jumna, Mathura – 1865 
By William Simpson

Watercolour painting on paper of Marichi, a Rishi and son of Brahma. 

Watercolour painting on paper of Angiras, a Vedic Rishi.

Sikh Railway Train – 1870
Lahore

A Railway Train in two sections. The upper has four coaches with men and women passengers, Sikh and British. The lower has two coaches and an engine. The train is symbolic of the new Punjab. Railways reached the Punjab in the early 1860’s

Akbar Watches a Battle between Mughal army and Sanyasis at Thaneshwar 
By Basawan Asi
India, Mughal dynasty, possibly Pakistan, 1590–95
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Akbar Watches a Battle between Two Rival Groups of Sanyasis at Thaneshwar
By Basawan and Asi
India, Mughal dynasty, possibly Pakistan, 1590–95
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper


A Party of Kanphat Yogis Resting around a Fire
By Mas’ud
India, Mughal dynasty, 1630-40

Babur’s 1519 Visit to Gurkhattri, from Vaki’at-i Baburi (The Memoirs of Babur) 
By Kesu Khurd
India, Mughal dynasty, ca. 1590-93

The Yogis at Gurkhattri, from Vaki’at-i Baburi (The Memoirs of Babur)
By Gobind
India, Mughal dynasty, ca. 1590

Mughals visit an Encampment of “Sadhus,” from the St. Petersburg Album

Jālandharnāth at Jalore.
By Amardas Bhatti
India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur, ca. 1805–10. 
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Woman Visiting a Pierced-ear (Kanphata) Yogi
Mughal, style of Payag – c. 1650)
India

A Nath Yogi with two white dogs
Folio from Salim Album
Mughal period 
India

Nath Yogi and a dog
Attributed to Basawan
Mughal period 
India

Guru Nanak with Guru Gorakhnath, Mardana and Bala and eleven yogis, Amritsar or Lahore, ca. 1875.

Elevation of the black stone arch, ca. 1820 – ca. 1822.

Holi festival, Musrshidabad or Calcutta, ca. 1795 – ca. 1805.

KRISHNA AND RADHA CELEBRATING HOLI 
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper 
Nurpur 
c. 1775 

A Muslim wedding, Calcutta, ca. 1795 – ca. 1805.

A Muslim wedding; the bridegroom’s procession going to the bride’s house by night. A gateway at left and elephants at right of the procession.

Shiva protecting Markandeya from Yama, the god of Death.
Painting, 1810, India

A lady prays in a Shiva shrine – 1770
Bhairavi Ragini
India

Earth in the form of a cow appeals to Brahma 
An illustration to the ‘Large’ Guler-Basohli Bhagavata Purana
Attributed to Fattu, circa 1760-65

Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 4 depicting a scene from the Mahabharata. Bhisma is lying on a bed of arrows with Arjuna standing next to him with bow drawn and pointed at earth to bring out water for Bhisma, who is pierced by numerous arrows.

Painting illustrating the death of K???a and the Pandavas visiting the dying Bhishma from the epic Razmnameh. O

“BHISHMA – 10TH DAY KURUKSHETRA” / Mahabharata
Painted by: M F Husain – 1988

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper,illustration to the Razm-nama (a Persian translation of the Mahabharata), the last hours of Bhisma. He lies on a bed of arrows discoursing to Yudhisthira.

Mughal 
1598 ca.
Artist: ‘Ali, Husain
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper

Two Wild Buffalos from Baburnama

Painting
Artist: Mansur
Designer: Kanha
Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar, ca. 1589
Mughal School
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Pen-and-ink and wash by George Chinnery of an Indian villager with a bullock, dated between 1808 and 1822. Inscribed on front in ink is: ‘Hindoo Costume from Nature. Chinnery.’

Winged Shaivite? figure riding composite bull, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Murshidabad, ca. 1760

Running youths holding the tails of a humped bull and a winged lion – Fragments of railing copings from the Great Stupa of Amaravati – 1853

Nandi, The Great Bull at Tanjore – 1798

Garuda, the ‘vahana’ of Vishnu, returning with the vase of Amrita, which he had stolen from the gods in order to free his mother from Kadru, mother of serpents. The ‘vahana’ is the animal mount or vehicle of a Hindu god or goddess.

Tiruchchirappalli 
ca. 1820 – ca. 1825

The shrine of Vishnu in the form of Viraraghavaswami, reclining on the serpent of eternity, the form in which he is worhipped at the shrine of Tiravallur in Chingleput district. To the right stands Lakshmi and to the left a Vaishnava priest.

Tiruchchirappalli 
ca. 1820 – ca. 1825

Vishnu

Painting
Gouache on watermarked paper
Trichinopoly, ca. 1825

Rites and Beliefs of the Hindus
Illustration depicting Sub-castes

Faizabad – ca. 1774
Gentil Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774.

Rites and Beliefs of the Hindus
Offerings for different types of disease and ailments.

Faizabad – ca. 1774
Gentil Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774.

Rites and Beliefs of the Hindus
Different types of puja, for the Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas.

Faizabad – ca. 1774

Gentil Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774.

Mother Mary and Child Christ
Mid 18th century, late Mughal, Muhammad Shah period

Madonna and Child in a Domestic Interior

Painting by Manohar (active ca. 1582�1624)
early 17th century
Mughal

A woman holding a lotus

Lucknow 
ca.1815 – ca. 1820
Watercolour

Inscription:
‘Gopal Ma’

A woman with flowers possibly celebrating the Vasant Panchimi festival

Lucknow 
ca.1815 – ca. 1820
Watercolour

Inscription:
‘Ponchumee’

A dancing-girl

Lucknow 
ca.1815 – ca. 1820 
Watercolour

Inscription:
‘Khutteranee Woman. A natch Girl’

A Muslim woman, kneeling on a cot, worshiping.

Lucknow 
ca.1815 – ca. 1820
Watercolour

Inscription:
‘A Mussulmanee Worshipping. Sijdee Meekoonud’

The Beach at Cape Comorin – 1860
by Robert Bruce Foote

Pen-and-ink and wash drawing of the beach at Cape Comorin (Kanniyakumari) by Robert Bruce Foote (1835-1912) in 1860.

View of the hill fort, Trichinopoly – 1805
By William Orme

Watercolour

‘View of part of St. Thorne Street, Fort St. George’ – 1805
By William Orme

Watercolour

“Dervish With a Lion”, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Painting by Padarath
Calligrapher: Sultan ‘Ali al-Mashhadi (active late 15th�early 16th century)

Persian Inscription (in lower border, in Shah Jahan�s hand): “Work of Padarath”

“Jahangir and His Vizier, I’timad al-Daula”, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Artist: Manohar (active ca. 1582�1624)
Calligrapher: Mir ‘Ali Haravi (d. ca. 1550)

Deposition from cross with rejoicing angels, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1590-1600.

The Market Place of Trichinopoly showing officers of the Madras Light Infantry, 1800.

Oil on canvas by Philip Le Couteur (1777-1807), 1800.

Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Nishumbha
Folio from a Devimahatmya (Glory of the Goddess)
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, circa 1825-1850
Opaque watercolor, gold, silver, and ink on paper

The Gods adoring Durga after Her defeat of a demon
Folio from a Devimahatmya (Glory of the Goddess)
India, Madhya Pradesh, Chatarpur (Bundelkhand), circa 1775

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Religious Procession: Durga
India, West Bengal, Murshidabad, circa 1800
Opaque watercolor on mica

Painting of the Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, by William Simpson, watercolour on paper, India, 1862

Painting of the Taj Mahal from the Garden, Agra by William Simpson, waterolour on paper, India, 1864.

Painting of the Kailasanatha temple, Ellora By William Simpson, watercolour on paper, India, 1862

Lucknow – 1867

Krishna Kills The Tornado Demon Trinavarta
Folio from the “Tularam” Bhagavata Purana 

India, Gujarat, Surat (?), circa 1625-1650
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Benten (Sarasvati) on a rock by the sea

Hanging scroll (mounted on panel)
Edo period, 18th century?
Color and gold on silk panel
Japan

Sir Charles Warre Malet, Concluding a Treaty in 1790 in Durbar with the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
by Thomas Daniell
Date painted: 1805
Oil on canvas, 181 x 279.4 cm


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