Dhanasri Ragini
Dhanasri Ragini Lady kneels on a little terrace, drawing a picture of her absent lover; a maid kneels in front of her holding a saucer of pigment [slides] British Library
- London British Library
- 1 Slide Col. ill 35mm.
- Johnson Collection from British Library .
IGNCA slides collection, cross reference, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library by Toby Falk and Mildred Archer (London1981); Page 266 by 206mm; Johnson Album 30, no. 17; Inscribed on reverse in Persian: Raga Dhanasri; 158by 117mm; The style of the series is essentially a provincial or Popular Mughal style, but the precision of treatment of the leafy trees and the figure-type, particularly of the females, points to Bikaner as the place of origin. The original appearance has been altered, for the pictures are now mounted on eighteenth c. album pages and incorrect Persian identifications have been written on the reverse ,p.255
Painting-Lucknow(India)-1780 A.D.
Mogul painting
Ragamala painting
Raga, Dhanasri
Music-India
Bl-JC / 342 (3) (J30)17
IGNCA slides collection, cross reference, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library by Toby Falk and Mildred Archer (London1981); Page 266 by 206mm; Johnson Album 30, no. 17; Inscribed on reverse in Persian: Raga Dhanasri; 158by 117mm; The style of the series is essentially a provincial or Popular Mughal style, but the precision of treatment of the leafy trees and the figure-type, particularly of the females, points to Bikaner as the place of origin. The original appearance has been altered, for the pictures are now mounted on eighteenth c. album pages and incorrect Persian identifications have been written on the reverse ,p.255
Painting-Lucknow(India)-1780 A.D.
Mogul painting
Ragamala painting
Raga, Dhanasri
Music-India
Bl-JC / 342 (3) (J30)17