Tanka Ragini [slides] Disconsolate lady is seated on a chauki, attended by two maids who attempt to console her; two others stand in a pavilion where a bed is spread with lotus petals 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) BL-JC 350 (36) (J42) 36,p.173; Lucknow, c1780-82; Johnson Album 42, nos 1-36; Arranged according to Hanuman's system (see Appendix, p.320); Each picture inscribed in Persian with extracts from the Risalah-i ragamala of Thakur Das (see Appendix, p.320); Drawings with colouring and occasional use of gold; some drawings only coloured in brown: inner and outer border of blue enclosing a cream surround; sprinkled with gold; Page 325 by 220mm; Published: Ebeling (1973), 215, no.98: Waldschimdt (1975), 542, no.35; By Gobind Singh; Johnson Album 42, no.36; 222 by 133mm; Note: Described in the Persian inscription as Takari Ragini


Painting-Oudh (India)
Mogul painting
Ragamala painting
Raga, Tanka
Music-India

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