Desi Ragini [slides] Girl is seated on the end of a bed playing a tambur to her lover who sits facing her. The bed is in a courtyard by a building; a landscape is beyond the wall British Library
Series: Johnson Collection from British LibraryPublication details: London British LibraryDescription: 1 Slide Col. ill 35mmSubject(s): DDC classification:- BL-JC 370(17)(J36)17
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Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts | BL-JC 370(17)(J36)17 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | SL1289 |
IGNCA slides collection, cross reference, Miniatures in the India Office Library by Toby Falk and Mildred Archer (London 1981) BL-JC 370(17)(J36)17,p.198; Murshidabad, c1760; Johnson Album 36, nos. 1-36; Arranged according to Hanuman's system (see Appendix, p.320); Each picture inscribed on reverse with verses of Harivallabha's Hindi translation of the Sangita-darpana (see Appendix, p. 323); Gouache with gold, within borders of floral design: related designs on reverse; Miniatures and designs on reverse 320 by 215mm (approx.); page 393 by 290mm; Exhibited: British Empire Exhibition, 1924; Heath (1924), no. 39; Published: Randle (1941), 167-69; Ebeling (1973), 207, no. 85; Waldscmidt (1975), 544, no.45; Discussed: Shirreff in MSS.Eur. D500/3; Johnson Album 36, no.17; Reverse: six grey birds with pink bills fly and alight around a fruiting tree with Harivallabha's Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on a flower-head in the centre
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