Images:

A Ruined Tomb of Bengal from Oriental Sceneries, Thomas and William Daniell, painting, 1802-3

West gate viewed from the East, Tomb of I’timad al-Duala, Agra, 1638

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hastings, John Zoffany, oil on canvas, 1783-87

Shah Jahan in Old Age, Hashim, painting on paper, mid. 17th c.

Sarasvati, Ravi Varma, oil on canvas, 1890’s

An Indian Dancing Girl with a Hookah, Tilly Kettle, oil on canvas, 1772

Sarasvati, Calendar print by Ravi Varma, color print, early 20th c.

Guari Ragini, Pleasure Gardens, opaque watercolor, c. 1680

Lakshmi, Calendar print by Ravi Varma, color print, ea. 20th c.

Kalidasa’s Ritusamhara, The Traveller and the Lotus, Abanindranath Tagore, watercolor, 1900s

Bodhisattva, Cave 1, Ajanta (in situ), wall painting, 462-500 AD

Village Drummers, Haripura Congress poster, Nandalal Bose, 1938

Mother India, Ananindranath Tagore, watercolor, 1905

Portrait of a Woman, Benares, Bharart Kala Bhavan, paint on paper, 1640

Shiva Drinking the World’s Poison, Nandalal Bose, 1930’s

Blacksmith or Santhal Grinder, Jamini Roy, 1940’s