So, what we saw was that the recent #IndiaPakistanConflict was mainly intense during the nights
Which brings me to this c1750 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Awadh #India on the forthcoming Bonhams sale of 22nd May, 2025
'A Prince Defending a Maiden and a group of terrified Sadhus from a group of Hunters, perhaps Bhils, who approach a hermitage at night'
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'A Prince Drinks Water Drawn from a Well by Village Maidens'
On #WorldWaterDay (March 22)
c1770 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh sold by Sothebys on March 20 for $ 9525
Another good news as summers approach: #Mangoes on the tree are almost ripe for harvesting!
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#OnThisDay Nelson #Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in #SouthAfrica (1990)
Birth Anniversary of Thomas Edison (1847) - one of the greatest #Inventors of all time.
The Kingdom of #Awadh was annexed by the British East India Company (1856)
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Happy Birthday Jennifer Aniston (1969).
A Princess with Attendants Picnicking in Open as the #Delhi weather improves
c1750 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh from the Davis Album now at the Metropolitan #Museum of #Art
Theodore Davis was an American lawyer & businessman best known for excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings between 1902 & 1913. His collection was bequeathed to #TheMet upon his death in 1913
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Commissioned by Nawab Asaf al-Daula of #Awadh as a part of a famine relief project in 1784 CE, the Bara Imambara at #Lucknow #India is an important place of celebration by #Shia #Muslims during #Muharram
This c1800 CE #CompanyPainting of the Complex is now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art, New York #TheMet
Martyrdom of #imamhussain at #karbala
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Courtly Ladies (12) & a Child Gather at a Fountain in a Lush Landscape in this c1770 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Farrukhabad #Awadh #India now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art USA
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A Tree with Ripened #Mango Fruit (the King of Fruits) can be seen on the right
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#Hindu God Lord #Krishna Dancing before Radha, Female Musicians Standing by
c1780 CE Provincial #Mughal #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Awadh (?) depicting Vasanta Ragani sold by Bonhams on Oct 23, 2018 for £11,875
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Inscribed Lieutenant Colonel Daly, this c1850 CE #Painting from #Awadh or #Bengal could be either Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly of the 4th Light Dragoons (1842-46) or his son Sir Henry Dermot Daly who was awarded the rank in 1859 with Hodson's Horse irregular cavalry
From the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's on 27th Oct 2023
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Whew! #Delhi is so hot right now at 45°c
I wish I had the luxury of a swimming pool like these ladies have in this c1780 CE Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow or #Faizabad #Awadh #India auctioned by Sotheby's on 24th April 2024 for £6350
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'An Indian Dancing Girl' from #Faizabad #Awadh with #Hookah
1772 CE #Painting by #Artist Tilly Kettle, the first prominent British artist to operate in #India
From the Paul Melon collection now at Yale Center for British #Art USA
Now watching #HeeraMandi which premieres on #Netflix is the story of these 'Nautch Girls' & the struggle for #Indian Independence from the #British rule
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Sharad Mohan
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