The Palace of Rohtas Garh #Bihar, signed by William Daniell
Sold by @Sothebys on 27th October 2021 from the Carlton Rochell collection of #CompanyPainting s for £ 302,400
#ArtHistory #BritishInIndia #IndianHistory #Art #IndianHeritage #Painting #History #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #MastoArt #Histodons #CompanySchool #EastIndiaCompany
A Species of Minor
(A #Bird common to #Patna #Bihar #India )
c1820-30 CE #CompanyPainting from #Calcutta (#Kolkata) #Bengal on Bonhams online sale of 18-26th May 2023.
#IndianHeritage #History #Art #CompanySchool #Paintings #IndianHistory #CompanyPaintings #Heritage #BritishInIndia #EastIndiaCompany #MastoArt #Birds #Nature #Fauna #Painting #NaturalHabitat
c1760 AD Painting from #Murshidabad combining elements of both #Mughal & #CompanySchool from the Cary Welch part 2 collection sold by Sotheby's on May 31, 2011.
This beautifully detailed #Painting depicts a 'Wedding Procession' slowly crossing the Gentle & Fertile Plains of #Bengal
The Sparse Landscape is Contrasted with Intense Colour & a Tightly Packed Crowd of the Procession, with Farmers in the Foreground & a Palm- dotted Skyline.
#Art #Heritage #History #Religion
Lot no 27.
Last of the #CompanyPaintings from the Carlton Rochelle Collection auctioned by Sotheby's on 27th Oct 2021.
c1825 AD #CompanySchool #Paintings from #India or South East Asia of 'A Mango (Magnifera Foetida) & a Plantain (Musa Balbisiana)'.
It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between #Indian & #Straits schools of #Art as it is in this case.
#DoYouKnow Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London boasts nearly One Million Herbarium Species from the #IndianSubContinent
#History #Heritage
Lot no 25.
'Branches of the Banyan (Ficus Benghalensis) & Sal (Shorea Robusta) Trees'.
Native trees of #India & #Pakistan in #IndianSubContinent
c1775 #CompanyPaintings on papers watermarked 'Portal & Bridges' & 'GR (Georgius Rex)'.
These #Paintings are part of the 118 #ArtWorks from the collection of George Byng, 6th Viscount 6th Earl of Torrington who acquired them around 1815 AD.
Such #Art was encountered by the #EastIndiaCompany
Lot no 22.
'The Tomb of Itimad ud-Daula at Agra'.
#Painting
c1810 AD #CompanyPainting on 'J WHATMAN' watermarked paper.
This Tomb at #Agra #UttarPradesh was built between 1622-28 AD by #Mughal ruler#Jahangir's wife, Queen #NurJahan for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg. (d. 1622AD).
Made of Marble inlaid with semi-precious stones, this was the first Mughal monument to move away from using only red sandstone.
#CompanySchool #Paintings #Art #Heritage #India #TouristDestination
#Architecture Marvel
Lot no 21.
'A Pietra Dura Architectural Study of the Top of the Cenotaph of #ShahJahan in the #TajMahal'.
c1810 AD #CompanyPainting from #Agra #UttarPradesh
#Painting on 3 Sheets joined together & watermarked 'E & P 1805'.
Decorated with semi-precious stones inlaid into marble, this is the top of the Cenotaph of the #Mughal ruler while a #Quranic verse Top covers the tomb of his wife #MumtazMahal
#CompanySchool #History #Heritage #India #Paintings #WorldHeritageWeek #TouristDestination
Lot no 20.
'A View of the TajMahal' at #Agra #UttarPradesh
#TajMahal was built as a mausoleum by the #Mughal ruler #ShahJahan for his wife #MumtazMahal who died in childbirth in 1632.
This #CompanyPainting dated 15th February 1880 AD is by Qudratullah of #Lucknow
He was a Draftsman at the Superintending Engineer of the Presidency & Oudh Company.
The #Painting is on paper watermarked 'J WHATMAN 1875'.
#Awadh (Oudh) #Art #Heritage #History #India #EastIndiaCompany #CompanySchool #Paintings
Lot no 18.
Another #MigratoryBird passing through #India during the #WinterSeason is 'A Demoiselle Crane (Grus Virgo)' depicted in this c1800 AD #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #UttarPradesh #CompanySchool #Painting
This Crane is the smallest of the Cranes of the#IndianSubContinent & is a regular winter visitor mainly to Western #India & #Pakistan. It's natural habitat are the banks of water-bodies.
#Indian #Art #Heritage #Bird
#History documented in #Paintings by #EastIndiaCompany residents.
Lot no 17.
'A White Stork (Ciconia Ciconia) in a Landscape'
c1800 AD #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #UttarPradesh #CompanySchool of #Art
Estimated: £60,000-80,000.
A #Migratory #Bird, this Stork has a passage through #India during the #WinterSeason & can be found in the Northwest and South of the #IndianSubContinent
Not to be confused with the Open Bill Stork (see Lot no 5 #Painting), this #MigratoryBird can reach between 100-125 centimetres.
Sharad Mohan