[RAS 053] Harriott Collection
Mughal artworks formerly in the possession of Major-General John Staples Harriott (1780-1839)
[RAS 053.001] Dara Shikoh
[RAS 053.001] An equestrian portrait of Prince Dara Shikoh as a young man. By Chitarman, ca. 1640. Gouache: 31 x…
[RAS 053.002] Jahangir
[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 and Majnun
[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] Visiting an ascetic
[RAS 053.005] Two women in Mughal dress with two female attendants and one male, visiting a female Hindu ascetic in…
[RAS 053.006] Pupil and teacher
[RAS 053.006] A royal pupil and teacher with attendants on a garden terrace; another master and pupil in the foreground….
[RAS 053.007] Aurangzeb spears an elephant
[RAS 053.007] Prince Aurangzeb spears a mast elephant in the presence of his fathers and brothers. Watercolour with some body…
[RAS 053.008] Simurgh carries off baby elephants
[RAS 053.008] The Simurgh carries off baby elephants from a herd while a dragon coiled about the tree breathes flames…
[RAS 053.009] Girl vina player
[RAS 053.009] A lady listening to a girl vina player on a lakeside terrace with her pet fawn and tortoise…
[RAS 068.004] Wrestlers and Acrobats
Acrobats and wrestlers performing on a hillside Jaipur, ca. 1820-1825 Illustration to the musical mode Desakhya Ragini. From the collection…