Artwork

An original drawing with caption ‘A Chaubdoor Servant of State’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by Jairam…

An original drawing with caption ‘A Hookah Burdar or Indian Pipe Bearer’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818,…

An original drawing with caption ‘Moonshee or Native Teacher of Languages’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by…

An original drawing with caption ‘Hindoo Woman returning from Bathing’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by Jairam…

An original drawing with caption ‘A Hindoo Woman carrying Fruit’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by Jairam…

An original drawing with caption ‘A Soontah Burdar servant who announces Visitors’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818,…

An original drawing with caption ‘A Native Woman carrying water’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by Jairam…

An original drawing with caption ‘A Punkah Burdar or Fan Bearer’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by…

An original drawing with caption ‘Method of Distilling Arrak’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by Jairam Das,…

An original drawing with caption ‘A Seik’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by Jairam Das, who worked…

An original drawing with caption ‘Indian Method of expressing Oil’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by Jairam…

An original drawing with caption ‘Method of Cutting and Polishing Cornelian’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by…

An original drawing with caption ‘Method of Churning Butter in Earthen Pots’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818,…

An original tinted drawing with caption ‘A Nepaul Sepoy’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by Jairam Das,…

[RAS 015.099] ‘Kali with worshippers in a hall’ Part of an album of 80 paintings depicting religious subjects. By an…

[RAS 015.100] ‘An image of the god Durga being carried in a procession Part of an album of 80 paintings…

[RAS 015.145] Inscribed: ‘Mohommka Emambeirah’ Part of an album of 36 watercolours and drawings illustrating costumes, customs, and castes of…

[RAS 015.146] Inscribed: Tazeeah Part of an album of 36 watercolours and drawings illustrating costumes, customs, and castes of India,…

[RAS 018.001] ‘The gateway of Akbar’s tomb at Sikandra’ Agra or Delhi, ca. 1815. From the collection of James Baillie…

[RAS 018.009] ‘Copy of pietra dura decoration from a Mughal building’ Agra or Delhi, ca. 1815. From the collection of…

[RAS 02.003] Bust of Thomas Manning (1772-1840) Dated to ca. 1805 Plaster: 65 cm Presented by Rev Charles Manning, 1933….

[RAS 02.004] Bust of Major-General Sir Henry Worsley, 1838 Inscribed: W. Behnes Scr. London 1838, and on the plinth: Major-General…

[RAS 02.005] Head of Sir Richard Winstedt, K.B.E., C.M.G. (1878-1966) Dated ca. 1930 Artist: Dora Gordine. Inscribed: Dora Gordine 1/4…

[RAS 02.006] Head of Sir Edward Denison Ross (1871-1940) Artist: Lionel Leslie. Date: ca. 1935 Bronze. Height 42 cm Ross…

[RAS 02.007] Bust of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800/1801-1894). Dated: 1844. Plaster. Height 72 cm A plaster copy of marble original…

[RAS 02.008] Bust of Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837), founder of the RAS. This bust was commissioned by the RAS in…

[RAS 02.009] Bust of George Henry Noehden (1770-1826) Dated: 1827. Inscribed: Richd. Westmacott 1827. Marble. Height: 75 cm. Noehden was…

Elevation of the Temple of Jagannath, Puri, Orissa. Work of an unidentified Indian artist, ca. 1820. Inscribed on the front…

‘Palace of Ranee Bheem and Pudmundi in Cheetor’ (Chitor, Udaipur State) Proof engraving after original by Patrick Waugh. From the…

An interior view in Cheetor with the column of victory Engraving after original by Patrick Waugh. From the collection of…

An interior view in Cheetor with the column of victory By Patrick Waugh. From the collection of Colonel James Tod….

Citadel of the hill fortress of Komulmer. Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur State ca. 1820. By Patrick Waugh. Inscribed on front in pencil:…

Jain Temple in the fortress of Komulmer. Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur State, ca. 1820. By Patrick Waugh. From the collection of Colonel…

Jain Temple in the fortress of Komulmer. Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur State, ca. 1820. Watercolour by an unknown British artist from the…

Jain Temple in the fortress of Komulmer. Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur State, ca. 1820. Proof engraving of the original by Patrick Waugh….

Outline of a Temple to Mahadeva at Barolli By Ghasi, ca. 1820. Drawn over two sheet. From the collection of…

Outline of a Temple to Mahadeva at Barolli Titled proof engraving after Ghasi’s original. From the collection of Colonel James…

Remains of an ancient temple at Barolli, Udaipur state. Ca. 1820. From the collection of Colonel James Tod. See Tod’s…

Temples of Gunga Bheou. Gangabheva, Mewar, c. 1820. Inscribed top right: vignette. From the collection of Colonel James Tod. See…

Temples of Mynal. Menal, Mewar ca. 1820. From the collection of Colonel James Tod. See Tod’s ‘Annals and Antiquities of…

[RAS 043.001] A Votive door god, offering wealth. He is a military figure, holding up flaming pearls, a symbol of…

[RAS 043.002] Randeng Daoren (?), a magician from the late Ming novel, Feng-shen yanyi. Possibly a pair with 043.007. 43…

[RAS 043.003] A votive door god. In full armour, he wears the flags of a theatrical general, with a battle…

[RAS 043.004] Votive door god holding up a bowl containing a scroll (for happiness) and other auspicious objects. 42 x…

[RAS 043.005] Votive door god offering wealth. Duplicate of RAS 043.001. 43 x 28 cm From a collection of 10…

[RAS 043.006] Door god, mounted on a horse. He wears theatrical make-up, holds a jian (smooth) baton in one hand,…

[RAS 043.007] Randeng Daoren (?), a magician from the late Ming novel Feng-shen yanyi. See also 043.002. 35 x 23…

[RAS 043.008] The god Zhao Gongming (?), who took part in combat with Randeng Daoren in he novel Feng-shen yanyi….

[RAS 043.009] An unidentified General on a horse, with an eight-cornered hat and theatrical flags. 35 x 23 cm From…

[RAS 043.010] A god, probably of wealth, in theatrical make-up. He wears court dress over armour. 34 x 22 cm…

[RAS 05.001] ‘The Approach of the Emperor of China to his Tent in Tartary to receive the British Ambassador’ The…

Design for the game of Snakes and Ladders. Finely drawn figures with ornamental borders of flowers on gold. By a…

[RAS 053.001] An equestrian portrait of Prince Dara Shikoh as a young man. By Chitarman, ca. 1640. Gouache: 31 x…

[RAS 053.002] Portrait of the Emperor Jahangir seated on a throne holding a sarpesh, ca. 1720-40 Gouache on paper: 21…

[RAS 053.003] Layla reading to Majnun who sits under a tree by a lotus pool, ca. 1720-40. Gouache on paper,…

[RAS 053.005] Two women in Mughal dress with two female attendants and one male, visiting a female Hindu ascetic in…

[RAS 053.006] A royal pupil and teacher with attendants on a garden terrace; another master and pupil in the foreground….

[RAS 053.007] Prince Aurangzeb spears a mast elephant in the presence of his fathers and brothers. Watercolour with some body…

[RAS 053.008] The Simurgh carries off baby elephants from a herd while a dragon coiled about the tree breathes flames…

[RAS 053.009] A lady listening to a girl vina player on a lakeside terrace with her pet fawn and tortoise…

Jahangir’s mausoleum at Lahore Possibly by a Mughal artist working at Lahore, ca. 1770. Inscribed in Persian characters with measurements…

Rajput princesses killing a lion Bundi, Rajasthan ca. 1820 From the collection of Colonel James Tod. Part of a group…

The battle of Haldighati in 1576 Udaipur, Rajasthan ca. 1820. Attributed to Chokha. The Battle Haldighati took place on June…

Design for a game of Snakes and Ladders, probably by an Ajmer artist, ca. 1810 CE. From the collection of…

Acrobats and wrestlers performing on a hillside Jaipur, ca. 1820-1825 Illustration to the musical mode Desakhya Ragini. From the collection…

Jambudvipa, a Jain cosmological representation of the universe Other title: Adhidvipa | Aḍhāī-dvīpa. By a Marwar artist (Pandit Tilokacanda Dayacanda?),…

Tirumala Nayak’s palace, Madura By an Indian artist, ‘Alaghery Sawrey Naig’. Watermarked 1824. Madura, ca. 1825. Presented to the Royal…

Tirumala Nayak’s New Mandapam, Madura. There is a similar work named Tirumala Nayak’s palace, Madura c. 1825 (see 074.001) by…

[RAS 077.001, 001-003] Kuniyoshi. Triptych The title destroyed by worming except for the last word: Ishibashiyama. Children at play provide…

[RAS 077.001, 004-006] Kunisada. Triptych Narita-san kaicho sankei kunju no dzu (‘Crowds visiting Narita-san for the display of the image’)…

[RAS 077.001, 007-009] Crowds attending the image-showing of the god Fudo of Narita-san in the temple-grounds of the Hachiman shrine…

[RAS 077.001, 010-012] Crowds attending the image-showing of the goddess Benzaiten at Yenoshima Crowds thronging a street between rows of…

[RAS 077.001, 019-021] Women and children engaged in silk-worm cultivation in and outside a silk-worm house in the country Kunisato….

[RAS 077.001, 022-024] Ladies of the household sightseeing in famous places Women and young girls, one carried in a palanquin,…

[RAS 077.001, 028-030] Women and children on the beach at sunrise Kuniyoshi. Triptych 1855. Click on the following image to…

[RAS 077.001, 031-033] Prosperity of the Eastern Capital Three geisha with their maids and a servant in the street in…

[RAS 077.001, 034-036] Blossom-viewing at the Sansuido temple, Uyeno Crowds of sight-seers in the grounds and on the veranda of…

[RAS 077.001, 037-039] View of Akabane, Yedo, early evening Women and children in an open space in front of a…

[RAS 077.001, 040-042] Blossom-viewing at Asukayama Landscape with pines and blossoming cherry-trees, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Four groups…

[RAS 077.001, 043-045] Twin houses, spring travelling companions Group of twelve actors in costume under an old pine tree, in…

[RAS 077.001, 046] Portrait of the wrestler Tsuneyama Goroji Kunisada. ca. 1840. Click on the following image to open a…

[RAS 077.001, 047] Portrait of the wrestler Hiraishi Shichidayu Yoshitora. ca. 1840. Click on the following image to open a…

[RAS 077.001, 048] Stories of wise women and faithful wives Gio and Gijo, former shirabyoshi dancers and mistresses of Taira…

[RAS 077.001, 49] Shidzuka-gozen, mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1168-1187), in the costume of shirabyoshi dancer. Kuniyoshi. ca. 1841. Click…

[RAS 077.001, 50] Fujinoye, wife of Idzumi Saburo Tadahira (12th cent.), holding a naginata while a maid pours hot drinks….

[RAS 077.001, 54] The 69 post-stations of the To-kaido Road: no. 53, Kano. Half-length portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as…

[RAS 077.001, 55] The 53 post-stations of the To-kaido Road. Seki and Saka-no-shita (no. 46-7). Portrait of unidentified actor portraying…

[RAS 077.001, 56] Portrait of unidentified actor as the young lord Shinnosuke of Marukame. Kunisada. 1852. Click on the following…

[RAS 077.001, 57] Unidentified actor as the Greengrocer (yaoya) Hambei in a street between houses, kicking up one foot behind…

[RAS 077.001, 58] Nakamura Fususuke as Nagoya and Sawamura Tossho as his servant Kinohei in a dramatic scene from Tanzen…

[RAS 077.001, 59] Nakamura Fususuke as Nagoya and Sawamura Tossho as his servant Kinohei. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the following…

[RAS 077.001, 60] Two actors as Innami Kazuma and Otaka Shuden, in an unidentified production. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the…

[RAS 077.001, 61] Unidentified actors as Yokoyama Daizo and Otaka Shuden in the water, half-naked with drawn swords. Kunisada. 1856….

[RAS 077.001, 62] Actors as Kasugaya Tokijiro (left) and Hamanaya Urasato in unidentified production. Kunisada II. 1856. Click on the…

[RAS 077.001, 63] Nakamura Fukusuke performing a drunken dance with umbrella and fan in Haishin no futami bundai produced at…

[RAS 077.001, 64] Series, Kagekoto (or may be read Keiji, ‘Appearances’), each print representing one or two actors in character….

[RAS 077.001, 65] Kagekiyo and his young daughter, Hito Maru. Kunisada. [1852] Click on the following image to open a…

[RAS 077.001, 66] Kakushi and his wife beside a palanquin. Kunisada. [1852]. Click on the following image to open a…

[RAS 077.001, 67] Kobune with the child Nori playing a toy-drum; sake-bottle and cup on the ground. Kunisada. [1852]. Click…

[RAS 077.001, 68] Magama (probably acted by Bando Shuka) playing the samisen, and the child Nori behind on a horse….